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Come early for the
Yoga
08:30 – 11:30
Stay for the
Food
Culture
& Tents
11:30 – 21:00
EXPLORE, EXPERIENCE, ENJOY!Come see the inauguration at 11:30 with MRS. BANASHRI BOSE HARRISON, Ambassador of India to Sweden & Latvia and MS. MANEKA GANDHI, Minister of Women & Child Development
Followed by acts by the renowned: Jayashree / Shovana Narayan / Usha Balasundaram / Johannes Möller and friends / Sunita Singh and friends / Sangita Paul / Nritya Darpan Danscompany / K G Westman, Hugo Widen, & Stian Grimstad / Gurmeet Singh / MUSK Indisk Dans / Ulrika Larsen / Yaksh Gaana /Uppsala Indian Choir led by Prof. Suparna Sanyal/ Soma Roy / Raj & Neda / NIFT / Shovana Narayan / DJ Abbas Kapasi / Maharashtra Darshan / Avik & friends
Program
| Time | Event | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 – 09:15 | WAKE UP YOGA WITH VIKTOR FRIH (YOGOBE) | Yoga |
| 09:15 – 10:00 | YOGA WITH ARI LIPPONEN FROM SATS | Yoga |
| 10:00 – 11:30 | YOGATHON WITH SWAMI JYOTHIRMAYAH (ART OF LIVING) | Yoga |
| 11.15 – 11.45 | INCREDIBLE INDIA. (ENGLISH) | Seminar |
| 11:00 - 18:00 | Art Exhibition (Seminar Hall) | Culture |
| 11:35 - 11:40 | Ambassador’s welcome remarks | Culture |
| 11:42 - 12:00 | Inauguration by Ms Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Minister for Women & Child Development. | Culture |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | AYURVEDA IN OUR DAILY LIFE –JANESH VAIDYA (ENGLISH) AUTHOR/ YOGA TEACHER/ AYURVEDA SPECIALIST | Seminar |
| 12.45 – 13.15 | INDISKA BERG OCH DJUNGLER/INDIAN MOUNTAINS AND JUNGLES – PER J ANDERSSON (SWEDISH) AUTHOR/ JOURNALIST/ EDITOR VAGABOND | Seminar |
| 12:04 - 12:09 | Inaugural Dance - Bharatnatyam by talented young dancer Jayashree from the Saraswathy Kala Kendra, Stockholm who pays homage to Ganesha, the remover of all obstacles. | Culture |
| 12:13 - 12:28 | Kathak Dance by Shovana Narayan: Let the award-winning exponent of this art form take you on a trip back in time, to experience the magic of the court of the Mughal Emperors. | Culture |
| 12:32 - 12:42 | Tandava- dance of destruction of Lord Shiva by the students of Saraswathy Kala Kendra, choreographed by Usha Balasundaram who has established Stockholm’s leading Bharatnatyam School. | Culture |
| 12:46 - 13:06 | Tales of India by Johannes Möller, the Swedish Guitar maestro playing with Durjay Bhaumik, Indian tabla maestro in Sweden with the help of the Indian Council of Cultural Relations and other friends. | Culture |
| 13:10 - 13:20 | Dance & Music from Bengal - The words and music of the Nobel Laureate Tagore brought to you by Tagore Dance and Music Group. | Culture |
| 13:24 - 13:39 | Bollywood Dance by Maria Bharadwaj: Scintillating dances by Sweden’s own Nritya Darpan Dance company. | Culture |
| 13:25 – 14:00 | HINDUISMEN (KARMA OCH ÅTERFÖDELSE ) HINDUISM KARMA AND REBIRTH (SWEDISH) | Seminar |
| 13:43 - 14:03 | ‘Palace on Wheels’ by K G Westman, Hugo Widen, & Stian Grimstad - A jugalbandi (collaborative impromptu) featuring sitar and tabla. | Culture |
| 14:03 - 14:33 | Intermission / Bollywood Dance Workshop by Amazing Avikk Parkour and his LYBS (Let your Body Speak) troupe from Latvia. | Culture |
| 14:15 – 14:45 | INDCEN RESOR- TRAVEL TIPS FOR INDIA (SWEDISH) | Seminar |
| 14:33 - 14:48 | Yaksh Gaana - an operatic art form & Dollu Kunitha - the unique tribal Drum dance from Karnataka, the jewel state of Southern India. | Culture |
| 14:52 - 15:07 | Kathak -Odissi Jugalbandi by Odissi Dansproduktion and Nritya Darpan Dancegroup. Lyrical movements and dazzling rhythms when Odissi - East Indian dance meets Kathak - North Indian dance. By Maria Bharadwaj, Ulrika Larsen, Edith Humble, Pooja Fulambrikar, Vanessa Davidsson. | Culture |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | BOMBAY TAKEAWAY- MALIN WESTBERG (SWEDISH) AUTHOR AND SVT JOURNALIST | Seminar |
| 15:11 - 15:26 | Bollywood @Gothenburg: Contemporary entertainment from Gothenburg by MYSK Indisk Dans & Magisk Teater. | Culture |
| 15:30 - 15:35 | Surprise performance by DOCH the School of Dance & Circus. | Culture |
| 15:39 - 15:54 | Ganesha Vandana, sacred dance honouring Lord Ganesha and two other folk dances from Maharashtra by Maharashtra Darshan. | Culture |
| 15:45 – 16.15 | JAKTEN PÅ DEN FÖRSVUNNA MEDALJEN/ THE SEARCH FOR THE LOST MEDAL – DR. OLAVI HEMMILÄ (SWEDISH) | Seminar |
| 15:58 - 16:03 | Second performance by DOCH - The School of Dance & Circus. | Culture |
| 16:07 - 16:22 | Folk Songs by the Uppsala Indian Choir, led by Dr Suparna Sanyal. | Culture |
| 16:26 - 16:36 | 'Celebration of Dance' - a jugalbandi of folk music and dance by Mayaswara Band. | Culture |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | SVENSKINDISKA ÄVENTYR!SWEDISH INDIAN ADVENTURE! MIKAEL BERGSTRAND (SWEDISH) AUTHOR | Seminar |
| 16:40 - 16:45 | Folk dance inspired from Tea Plantations of West Bengal by 'Sur O Tal'. | Culture |
| 16:49 - 16:54 | Continue to enjoy the dance & Music from Bengal - a rhythmic Bengali folk dance by Bangiya Sanatan Samaj. | Culture |
| 16:58 - 17:03 | Bollywood Dance Medley - by dance professionals Raj & Neda of Bollywood Dance Academy, Sundbyberg. First performance | Culture |
| 17:07 - 17:17 | Solo on bass guitar by Rickard Jokela. | Culture |
| 17:21 - 17:26 | The Southern Beat - Folk Dance from Tamilnadu. | Culture |
| 17:30 - 17:35 | Bollywood Dance Medley - by dance professionals Raj & Neda of Bollywood Dance Academy, Sundbyberg. Second performance | Culture |
| 17:39 - 18:00 | Bhangra Dance Performance: First a modern performance by Gurmeet and friends followed by Punjabi Youth - the authentic foot tapping dance of the villages of Punjab to celebrate the coming of spring. | Culture |
| 18:00 - 18:08 | Drum performance on main stage by Yaksha Gaana musicians. | Culture |
| 18:09 - 18:14 | Remarks by Ms Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Minister for Women & Child Development. | Culture |
| 18:15 -18:30 | Presentation: Hand in Hand project on Sustainability. | Culture |
| 18:33 - 18:38 | Part One of Indian Fashion Show: Creations by students from the National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi. | Culture |
| 18:41 - 19:26 | Colours of India: A journey through India, exploring ten different regions, through narration, music, dance, and imagery by Anaya Dutta and her group. | Culture |
| 19:29 - 19:44 | Kathak Dance by Shovana Narayan: The leading exponent of the seductive dance form which travelled from temples to Mughal courts shows you its versatility and grace. | Culture |
| 19:47 - 19:52 | Part Two of Indian Fashion Show: Creations by students from the National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi. | Culture |
| 19:54 - 20:04 | Bollywood Opera – a trailer Charlotta Huldt , Opera singer & artiste. | Culture |
| 20:07 - 20:27 | Tales of India by Johannes Möller, the Swedish Guitar maestro playing with Durjay Bhaumik, Indian tabla maestro in Sweden with the help of the Indian Council of Cultural Relations and other friends. | Culture |
| 20:30 - 20:35 | Part Three of Indian Fashion Show: Creations by students from the National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi. | Culture |
| 20:38 - 20:55 | Bollywood Explosion- Come & JOIN by Avikk Parkour & the LYBS troupe from Riga, Latvia. | Culture |
About
Nama means bow, as means I, and te means you. Namaste (an ancient Sanskrit greeting) literally means “I bow to you” or “The Spirit within me salutes the Spirit in you”. On the 23rd of May, we dedicate the entire day to provide you a sneak peek into India, its dizzying creative burst of cultures and religions, races and tongues. From Yoga to Dance and Fashion, from Art and Crafts to mouth-watering Indian Cuisine. We are show casing some elements of Indian culture that have had profound impact across the world.
Themes
Matt Madd – Yoga Flickr CC
Yoga
We will invite all the different yoga centers and yoga studios to bring their teachers, students and basically invite all Stockholmers from children to adults to come and practice yoga. We would like to use this day to highlight and inform Stockholmers / Swedes of Yogas ancient roots, our Indian heritage etc and that is why we chose to do this at the most beautiful location in Stockholm Kungsträdgården. The idea is to spread the yoga mats around the pool of water and make the magic of India come alive! We also hope to provide yoga classes for beginners, for children and the elderly. Modern expressions of yoga will also be shown.
Indian Cuisine
In addition to yoga we will also show the wonderful diversity of Indian cuisine. Stockholm has approximately 130 Indian restaurants and most of them have the same fare of cuisine. It would be wonderful to showcase food from the different regions of India like Bengali, Tamil, Malyalee, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati etc. This can be a real WOW experience for Stockholmers. Here we would like to invite all the associations in Sweden/Stockholm to come and bring and showcase their regional cuisine. We have 10 market stands that will be given for free to associations. Indian Restaurants and commercial food caterers will also be welcomed.
Fashion
A fashion show will be held during this day where young fashion designers from India and Sweden will present their creations. A fusion of two worlds will be shown in the most compelling and amusing way with help of colors, tissues and most importantly the imaginations and inspirations of these young designers.
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Dance
We would also like to present dance & culture. Some of the local dance associations will be given the possibility to come and perform during the day. The Swedish national Dance academy and circus school will also come and perform. India offers a number of classical Indian dance forms, each of which can be traced to different parts of the country. During Namaste Stockholm we will have many dancers performing various Indian classical and folk dances.
