The Telugu Association of South Island New Zealand celebrated the festival of Sankranti in Christchurch on January 17.
TasiNZ is an informal group in existence since 2006 and having its membership at 240 now. Gopi Sajja, who came to Christchurch in 2003, and is one of the founding members of TasiNZ, noted, “Even though our celebrations were low-key this year, over 100 people attended the event. We had organised a game of indoor cricket as well as played musical chairs, which was followed by dinner of some delicious Andhra dishes. Apart from Sankranti, we also organise Diwali and a mid-winter festival. But the biggest yearly celebrations are of the Telugu New Year—Ugadi—which we will have this year too, sometime in April.”