Come see the Four Festivals as One at Varsha Dinam 2013.
Varsha Dinam New Year Celebration
Ugadi/Yugadi
Celebrated by the people of Andhra Pradesh (Ugadi) and Karnataka (Yugadi) where it is symbolic to eat a dish with six tastes. The eating of a specific mixture of six tastes, called Ugadi Pachhadi in Telugu and Bevu-Bella in Kannada, symbolizes the fact that life is a mixture of different experiences (sadness, happiness, anger, fear, disgust, surprise), which should be accepted together and with equanimity through the New Year.
Puthandu
Celebrated by the Tamil people where the day is marked with a feast in Tamil homes and entrances to the houses are decorated elaborately with kolams. This day is celebrated by some communities with neem flowers and raw mangoes to symbolize growth and prosperity.
Vishu
Celebrated by the people of Kerela where the most important event is the Vishukkani (the first thing seen on the day of Vishu after waking up ) and people wear new clothes (Puthukodi) for the occasion and elders of the family give money, called Vishukkaineetam, to children, servants and tenants.
Introduction to Kay aaR
Kay aaR Groceries is your one stop shop for all kitchen items located in Stable shopping centre, Mill Park. Retailing a range of products from leading brands for your basic cooking needs like oil, rice, flour, spices to your quick meals like ready to eat curries and much more.
Kay aaR Groceries take pride in bringing the best quality products and top service to Melbourne.
Introduction to Natya Bollywood
Natya Bollywood(NB) is a Melbourne grown and owned entertainment company since 2006. Founded by Nithya Remesan for presenting the finest Indian entertainment to Melbourne.
Natya Bollywood is dedicated to staging quality Indian events bringing the feel India to Indians and Non-Indians in Melbourne, highlighting the beauty and diversity of Indian culture from North to South and East to West.
This passion has been the corner stone of successful stage events Directed, Produced and Presented by Natya Bollywood till date. These events include:
Thiruvizha(2010) – ‘Come To Our Festival, Have A Street Carnival’. Performed by Local Melbourne Artists.
Krishna(2012) – The Dance Drama in English. Performed by International Artist Padmashree Shobana.
Programme
Duration: 1:00pm – 8:00pm
- Lunch: Combination of traditional food from all four festivals served on banana leaf.
- Games: Traditional games for the young and old with prizes.
- Major Stall showing the main attractions and decorations of the four festival as display for all patrons to view, with a sample taste from the 4 different festival available to all.
- Dance Entertainments
- Movie: Block Buster movie Padayappa starring Super Star Rajanikanth shown on a big 5m indoor screen.
- Movie interval with serving of Indian snacks.
- Take home bags for all patrons at the end of the event.