Cultural Events

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=150 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>T.I.S.I. (NZ) Sangam</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>     |  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>   </B></FONT><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="T.I.S.I. (NZ) Sangam"><U><B>Back to Home Page</B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Activities Photos"><U><B>Back to Activities & Photos</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meetings"><U>Meetings</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tamil Natak"><U>Tamil Natak</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Soccer"><U>Soccer</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Netball"><U>Netball</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sangam World Cup"><U>Sangam World Cup</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Business Association"><U>Business Association</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fundraising"><U>Fundraising</U></A>   |   <B>Cultural Events</B>   |   <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fiji 2000 Annual Sangam Convention Photo"><U>Fiji 2000 Annual Sangam Convention Photos</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Others"><U>Others</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=31.25% BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Auckland Sangam Sports & Social Club held a cultural and social evening on Saturday 19 November 2000 at Metro Theatre, Mangere, Auckland<IMG SRC="15bd9a30.jpg" border=0 width="217" height="163" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Sangam Ferns perform a dance at the Fiji 2000 Annual Sangam Convention in Suva<IMG SRC="115dda60.jpg" border=0 width="221" height="166" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Auckland Sangam's Tamil Natak Group performing at the Auckland Sangam Annual Convention in December 1999<IMG SRC="15cdda60.jpg" border=0 width="221" height="166" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=330 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Cultural Events</I></div> <div> The various Sangam Branches hold numerous cultural events throughout the year.</div> <bR> <div> These include an annual Deepawali function, evenings of song and dance, Tamil Natak performances, and shenai baaja items.</div> <bR> <div> The Annual Deepawali Function was held in Auckland in October 2009. The Chief Guest was Pandit Diwakar Prasad, a well-known Fiji community worker and radio presenter.</div> <bR> <div> The 2008 Cheif Guest was New Zealand's first Fiji-born Member of Parliament, Dr Rajendra Prasad.</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=250 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Annual Deepawali Function - 20 October 2000 :</div> <div> Chairperson of the Cultural Committee, Ram Chandra Reddy, sings a bhajan with his group<IMG SRC="14ad9a30.jpg" border=0 width="217" height="163" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Members enjoying the Cultural Items<IMG SRC="14cd9a30.jpg" border=0 width="217" height="163" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Chief Gust Mr B. G. Pillai is welcomed and garlanded<IMG SRC="151d9a30.jpg" border=0 width="217" height="163" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>