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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, March 23, 2017 | 6 S p o t lig h t " C o n n e cte dtoyourC o m m u n ity " | Graham Paine/Metroland Around the world people celebrated Nowruz, the traditional Iranian festival of spring. To celebrate the occasion in Oakville, a Nowruz Bazaar was held at St. Volodymyr Cultural Centre March 17-19 with music, dance and various vendors offering dowers, pastries and crafts. Clockwise from top left, Maria Zdaniw holds up one of her traditional handmade Ukrainian Easter eggs - this goose egg took six hours to decorate. Mervat Latif holds a handmade Egyptian carpet in front of a rack of hand-painted Egyptian shirts. lana Komarnytska performed traditional Persian dances on stage. Traditional hand-painted Ukraini an Easter eggs - these are eggs from a chicken. Elmira Akhoondpour holds a box of cat grass, which in Farsi is ` Sabzeh' and a decorative dower setting filled with hyacinth dowers. { " V D / " 1 O n tario P ress C ouncil A vJ LLE metrolandmedia Defending principles to inspire public trust B e a v e r. Volume 55 | Number 22 Oakville Beaver is a member of the Ontario Press Council. The council is located at 80 Gould St., Suite 206, Toronto, Ont., M5B 2M7. Phone (416) 340-1981. Advertising is accepted on the condition that, in the event of a typographical error, that portion of advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. The publisher reserves the right to categorize advertisements or decline. Editorial and advertising content of the Oakville Beaver is protected by copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited. Editorial Department Advertising Department Classified Advertising Circulation: 5300 Harvester Rd., Burlington NEIL OLIVER Vice -President and Group Publisher KELLY MONTAGUE Regional General Manager DANIEL BAIRD Director of Advertising ANGELA BLACKBURN Managing Editor 5046 Mainway, Unit 2, Burlington (905) 845-3824 (905) 845-3824 (905) 845-3824 (905) 632-4440 (905) 631-6095