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Singing and Dancing In the beginning the festivals of Israel are billed in the past tense as ancient festivals with no reference to their continued observance in the contemporary period. Through drama, dancing, and music the various feasts of the Old Testament are brought to life before the audience. |
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Singing and Dancing In the beginning the festivals of Israel are billed in the past tense as ancient festivals with no reference to their continued observance in the contemporary period. Through drama, dancing, and music the various feasts of the Old Testament are brought to life before the audience. |
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Singing and Dancing In the beginning the festivals of Israel are billed in the past tense as ancient festivals with no reference to their continued observance in the contemporary period. Through drama, dancing, and music the various feasts of the Old Testament are brought to life before the audience. |
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Rosh Hashanah With the sound of the shofar begins the showcase of Jewish festivals. One of the original shows at the Holy Land Experience, the Festivals of the Ancient world reconstructs Jewish festivals in a Christian paradigm. With most singing performed in Hebrew, the show gives the audience an illusion of Jewish observance. |
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Rosh Hashanah With the sound of the shofar begins the showcase of Jewish festivals. One of the original shows at the Holy Land Experience, the Festivals of the Ancient world reconstructs Jewish festivals in a Christian paradigm. With most singing performed in Hebrew, the show gives the audience an illusion of Jewish observance. |
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Yom Kippur The presentation moves to the use of a lamb to allude to the Christian belief of Jesus as the Messiah and his impending sacrifice to save of all Israel. |
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Yom Kippur The presentation moves to the use of a lamb to allude to the Christian belief of Jesus as the Messiah and his impending sacrifice to save of all Israel. |
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Yom Kippur The presentation moves to the use of a lamb to allude to the Christian belief of Jesus as the Messiah and his impending sacrifice to save of all Israel. |
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Yom Kippur 2 At the end of the Yom Kippur presentation, dancers and singers approach the temple and pull out a cloth cross before the audience. |
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Sukkot After the Christ affirming rendition of Yom Kippur the presentation moves on to sukkot with more dance and music. The use of palm branches alludes to Christ's entrace into Jerusalem as commemorated in the Christian observance of Palm Sunday. |
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Finale In the end the entire cast of characters are reunited on stage performing songs of praise and classic Christian hymns in English. |
