Our
Big Night at the CBS Arena
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| Swali |
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| Hasini |
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| Swali, Hasini, Seeya and Vianca |
On the 26th of October our
Christchurch Indian population celebrated Diwali at the CBS Arena. This was a
chance for Christchurch people to learn more about music, dance, yoga, fashion
and food synonymous with Indian culture.
A number of girls from our school danced in front of a large crowd at
the arena. Swali writes of their experience.
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| Seeya |
“It’s the evening!” I said. Now it’s night and
we have to go to the CBS Arena. Our dance remember. “ “ Oh my goodness!” I
said, “5000 people are here.
Our dance was called Deepawali Airay and that’s a long name for
Dwaliaray. Seeya was dancing with me along with Hasini, Vianca
and Seeya’s friend who is my piano teacher’s son. His name is Adash. Hasini danced with her shoes on and slipped a
couple of times. We usually dance bare
feet and that gives us a good hold of the floor. We wore our beautiful saris and mum did the
makeup for us. I thought that we were all pretty.
Dwaliary is a dance that is supposed to
make people happy. Do watch my video. I
have been dancing forever, well since I can remember. My mother taught me how
to dance. This is the third time that I have danced in front of a lot of
people. I always feel nervous, but it’s fun.
Written by Swali
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