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India at the “East in the
Park“ Festival

Elena Shtereva

On September 7th, 2013 performers and
organizations gathered to represent different
aspects of diverse Asian cultures and traditions at
the “East in the park” Festival held on the open
stage of the Borisova Gradina gardens in Sofia.
There were oriental and Indian dance perfor-
mances, Chinese calligraphy, sports and martial
arts, workshops for drawing with henna, yoga
demonstration, oriental dishes and crafts, photo
exhibitions.
India was well represented at the event by
several organizations and individual participants
among whom Indology graduates and members
of the Friends of India Club. There were few stalls
with colourful souvenirs and shawls, two photo
exhibitions, a film and Hindi writing activities.
The organizers from the Association for
devlopment of Arabic-Bulgarian initiatives and
cooperation (ARABIS) hope to atract more and
more participants and hold the event every year.