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Consul General performing Lakshmi Aarti with community members Bollywood medley show by Disha Malani group

dance was much appreciated by the large crowd in
front of the stage. After the opening dance, there
was a series of high-quality performances by a
number of professional artists: Bollywood dance
by SVCC troupe led by Amelize Mattos, tabla by
Edgar Bueno, solo dances by Rupali Mishra and
Vaishnavi Raut, Bollywood songs by Suraj Mohan
and a medley of Bollywood hits by Disha Mal-
ani group. The more than two-hour long perfor-
mance kept the audience hooked to the cultural
programme, which was coordinated by Juily Mal-
ani and emceed by Carlos Magno of SVCC. The
cultural programme ended with fireworks with the
children of the community participating in it with
great enthusiasm.
In his vote of thanks, IASP president thanked
the India Consul General, Consuls Harish Baxla
and Adarsh Kumar Mishra and SVCC for sup-
porting the event. He also thanked Vijay Solan-
ki of Satguru Travels, the premium Indian travel Amelize Mattos performs a Bollywood dance
agency in Brazil, Sandeep and Andrezza Bansal of
Tudinho Graphics and Gopi of Vegnice for their
partnership. Last but not the least, he thanked the
members of the Indian community whose gener-
ous help made the mela a success. Some promi-
nent members of Indian community, including
Vijay Shintre, Nilesh Bhonde, Gurcharan Kukreja,
Vijay Adwani, Manoj Kumar, Sanjeev Verma,
Sudhir Kamath, Sarabjeet Singh Bedi, Avinash
Mishra, Anil Yadav and Fasih Ahmed, contributed
selflessly to the funds of Diwali Mela 2023.
Food stalls set up by Chef Deepali Bavaskar of
Samosa & Company, Kanchana Kanojia of Cur-
ry’s, Hyderabad Biryani House, sweets by Pragya
Dixit of Namaste da India and drinks bar by Pra-
mod Rawat continued to attract people late into
the night after the cultural programme. A special
stall set up SVCC, which showcased Indian musi-
cal instruments, statues books besides tips on yoga
protocol by Satyendra Singh was a huge success Rupali Mishra performing a dance at Diwali Mela 2023 Vaijanti Raut showcases her dancing talent at the gathering
especially among the Brazilians.

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