[nukkad] Bay Area Diwali Celebration (fwd)

[Harshal Chhaya <>]

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This is of particular interest to folks in the San Francisco Bay Area.
If you attend this function, be sure to share your pictures with us. You
can mail the files to album@mumbai-central.com (please don't send
dozens of pictures at once).  

Regards,
- 'shal
harshal@mumbai-central.com            


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This year the San Francisco Bay Area will celebrate Diwali
in one of the most popular amusement parks in the area
- Great America in Santa Clara.

Yes, you heard that right.

Come Oct. 14, when one of the most popular amusement
parks of the Bay area opens its doors for the last weekend
in this year, an estimated 25,000 mainstream Americans
will have a unique opportunity to experience Indian culture,
including a slew of classical and folk dances, Indian
cuisine and merchandise and a fireworks display to
Indian music.

The amusement park has slashed its ticket price from
$39.99 to $29.99 to mark the occasion. The discount is
available only to those who buy tickets titled "Festival of
Lights" and paid for in advance. The tickets are available
from Rakesh Shrama (510) 657-0396.               

The amusement park will create an Indian ambiance with
special decoration and background music. The reflection
pond in front of the merry-go-round near the entrance of
the park will be lined with Indian flags.

Indian music will be played throughout the park, all day
long. The entire theme area in the park will be ornately
decorated with Indian fabrics and other traditional
decoration pieces.

Shortly after sunset, just before the park closes at 8 p.m.,
there will be a gala fireworks display for 12 minutes
choreographed to Indian music composed by Habib
Khan.

Local Bay Area artists including Habib Khan & his troupe,
will present a slew of diverse performances including
classical, light classical, thumri, dadra, odissi,
bharatanatyam, kathak, film dances and folk dances from
different states of India, garba and dandia raas, and above
all giddha and bhangra. There will be continuous
open-air live performances on an open-air stage all day
as well as at the 1,200 capacity indoor auditorium.      

The open-air fair in the theme area will feature several
food booths serving freshly cooked Indian cuisine. Booths
will also be set up by other Indian merchants offering a
variety of Indian merchandise for sale.

This is an unprecedented opportunity to introduce
mainstream Americans to the many facets of the rich,
diverse cultural heritage of India. While the Bay Area
presents superb Indian cultural events, attendance is
largely limited to Indian Americans. This event will give
tens of thousands of mainstream Americans to
experience the richness and diversity of Indian culture.

Let us come and join the India Festival 2000 and
celebrate Diwali 2000 with a difference amidst our Indian
and American Friends.

For more details visit:

http://www.fibaonline.com                                     

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