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                                                 75 years of indian indePendence


         sao paulo observes ‘india day” as  a curtain-raiser for year-long celebrations




























                 Amit Kumar Mishra, Consul general of india in Sao Paulo              Alessandra Almeida, Executive Director, Museum of Immigration





























                                   Meeta Ravindran                                 Vijay Bavaskar and Deepali Bavaskar, of Samosa & Company restaurant


        as an independent nation. In                                                                                  kar, the well-known Chef of the
        his address, the Consul General                                                                               local Indian restaurant ‘Samosa
        also highlighted the phenomenal                                                                               and Company’. The celebration
        growth shown by India in the last                                                                             also included a Yoga workshop
        75 years. Alessandra Almeida,                                                                                 by Mr. Sagar Karahe.
        Executive Director of Museum                                                                                      The celebration ended with
        of Immigration, also joined the                                                                               the screening of the Bollywood
        virtual opening ceremony and                                                                                  film ‘Neerja’ through the online
        congratulated everyone on 75                                                                                  platform #CulturaEmCasa.
        years of India’s independence.                                                                                    The Museum of Immigra-
            The cultural event started                                                                                tion located in the Mooca neigh-
        with a classical an Indian clas-                                                                              borhood in east Sao Paulo. The
        sical dance performance by Ms                                                                                 famous museum is housed in
        Iara Ananda Romano. In her                                                                                    the Immigrant Inn building,
        Bharatnatyam presentation, Ms.                                    Sagar Karahe                                which opened in 1887. The Mu-
        Iara performed ‘Krishna Padam:                                                                                seum was formally launched on
        Kannan Vara Kanane’, which  Ravindran, a classical Indian  was a combination of perfor- 25 June 1993 by an official de-
        was an intricately-crafted lyrical  musician settled in Brazil, re- mances and workshops. The  cree. It is famous for its festival
        performance that depicted the  cited the Ganesha and Gayatri  workshops included a special  of immigrants. Sao Paulo, the
        outpouring of emotions by the  Vandana, followed by a Kathak  ‘Bhangra’ dance workshop by  biggest  Brazilian  city,  is  home
        Nayika. The Bharatnatyam per- dance presentation of Saraswati  Ms. Disha Malani; a culinary  to almost all nationalities from
        formance was followed by a sitar  and Rudrashtakam Stotram by  workshop sharing recipes for  around the world. The Indian
        recital by Fabio Kidesh, who de- Gyaneshree Karahe.                      semolina pudding ‘Suji Halwa’  community has a sizable pres-
        lighted the audience with a ren-        The ‘India Day’ celebrations  and Chicken Tikka Masala was  ence in the city as compared to
        dition of Raga Bhairavi. Meeta  at the Museum of Immigration  presented by Ms. Deepali Bavas- other places in Brazil.


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