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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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