This year the Waitakere Diwali Festival celebrates 10 years of providing entertainment, festivities, Indian food and cultural exchange for the people of Waitakere.
With humble beginnings in year 2000 this festival has grown to be one of the largest community events in Waitakere attracting over 20,000 people on the day. Like the past five years this year’s festival will once again be staged at the Trusts Stadium in Waitakere on Sunday October 4, starting from 11.00am and finishing at 10.30pm with a huge fireworks display.
In Waitakere, this festival is celebrated by the whole community irrespective of their background. It is an opportunity to share and celebrate the colours, costumes and mouthwatering food from the Indian Continent.
This event is intended to attract the wider Kiwi communities to participate in the event. While New Zealanders of varied cultural background and ethnicity live and worked together, there is little opportunity for them to witness and understand each other’s culture and heritage.
The day offers variety entertainment items including a live band, Bollywood dances, cultural performances and drama items in the main grandstand. Patrons also have the opportunity to shop around the 40 Indian merchandise stalls inside the stadium. Attractions include traditional hand painting “Henna” and trying out the Rangoli displays. This year there will be a spectacular indoor laser light show and the grand finale of the night will be a dazzling fireworks display.
With the whole family in mind, a Kids amusement area will also be set up inside the stadium making it the largest indoor Diwali celebrations in New Zealand.
For those wishing to try out different Indian cuisines, there will be 18 food stalls.
The organising committee is headed by the Waitakere Indian Association with members from WEB, WCC and the Indian Community. A number of major sponsors including the Waitakere City Council, The Charitable Trusts Foundation, ANZ Bank, Mitre 10 Mega, Indian Weekender, Radio Tarana, G3, HUM, More FM, Lotus Foreign Exchange and The Aucklander have thrown in their support behind the event together with local Indian businesses.
Entry to the festival is absolutely free and open to all. For more information call the event Project Manager: Sanjay Kumar Ph : 021 0267 6779.
This year the Waitakere Diwali Festival celebrates 10 years of providing entertainment, festivities, Indian food and cultural exchange for the people of Waitakere. With humble beginnings in year 2000 this festival has grown to be one of the largest community events in Waitakere attracting over...
This year the Waitakere Diwali Festival celebrates 10 years of providing entertainment, festivities, Indian food and cultural exchange for the people of Waitakere.
With humble beginnings in year 2000 this festival has grown to be one of the largest community events in Waitakere attracting over 20,000 people on the day. Like the past five years this year’s festival will once again be staged at the Trusts Stadium in Waitakere on Sunday October 4, starting from 11.00am and finishing at 10.30pm with a huge fireworks display.
In Waitakere, this festival is celebrated by the whole community irrespective of their background. It is an opportunity to share and celebrate the colours, costumes and mouthwatering food from the Indian Continent.
This event is intended to attract the wider Kiwi communities to participate in the event. While New Zealanders of varied cultural background and ethnicity live and worked together, there is little opportunity for them to witness and understand each other’s culture and heritage.
The day offers variety entertainment items including a live band, Bollywood dances, cultural performances and drama items in the main grandstand. Patrons also have the opportunity to shop around the 40 Indian merchandise stalls inside the stadium. Attractions include traditional hand painting “Henna” and trying out the Rangoli displays. This year there will be a spectacular indoor laser light show and the grand finale of the night will be a dazzling fireworks display.
With the whole family in mind, a Kids amusement area will also be set up inside the stadium making it the largest indoor Diwali celebrations in New Zealand.
For those wishing to try out different Indian cuisines, there will be 18 food stalls.
The organising committee is headed by the Waitakere Indian Association with members from WEB, WCC and the Indian Community. A number of major sponsors including the Waitakere City Council, The Charitable Trusts Foundation, ANZ Bank, Mitre 10 Mega, Indian Weekender, Radio Tarana, G3, HUM, More FM, Lotus Foreign Exchange and The Aucklander have thrown in their support behind the event together with local Indian businesses.
Entry to the festival is absolutely free and open to all. For more information call the event Project Manager: Sanjay Kumar Ph : 021 0267 6779.
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