SOUTH ASIAN NEW YEAR FESTIVAL
"Pohela Boishakh"
Zilker Hillside Theater
City of Austin Sponsored Grand Public Event - An Austin Tradition
Austin South Asians Showcase Ethnic Culture, Tradition & Heritage
Saturday, April 9 (Rain Date: April 10) 12:00-9:00pm
FREE ADMISSION!
Event Details:
** Traditional open air cultural program (music, dances, fashion show, concert, etc) by local and out-of-town artists (Children & Adult)
** Authentic traditional South Asian Cuisine
** Ethnic dresses, Jewelry, Crafts, Henna and much much more...
** Free kid's entertainments (Moonwalk, face-painting, etc)
FREE Admission! General public is cordially invited
Austin City Mayor, has Proclaimed April 9, 2011 as "South Asian New Year Celebration" in Austin and plans to attend the event. Last year, more than 3000 people including the Austin City Council Members and the local dignitaries attended the festivity, and the celebration was widely covered by the Austin media.
Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell's Proclamation:
http://tbca-austin.org/tbca2008V3/events/2010/pdf/proclamation.pdf
The event is listed at Austin's popular "Big Weekend Calendar":
http://bigweekendcalendars.com/austin/events/Pohela-Boishakh-Bengali-South-Asian-New-Year-Festival/Pohela-Boishakh-Bengali-South-Asian-New-Year-Festival.html
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=358134185324
Flyer and Press Release:
http://tbca-austin.org/tbca2008V3/events/2010/pdf/flyer2010.pdf
http://tbca-austin.org/tbca2008V3/events/2010/pdf/PressRelease10.pdf
Media Coverage (samples on last year's event):
http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=237697
http://tbca-austin.org/tbca2008V3/events/2009/pdf/DailyTexan.pdf
http://tbca-austin.org/tbca2008V3/events/2009/pdf/SouthAsian.pdf
Pictures (from previous years)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbcaaustin/sets/72157623590857255
Videos (from last year's event):
http://www.tbca-austin.org/tbca2008V3/events.htm (then, click "2009" -> "South Asian New Year Festival" tabs on the left of the page)
Sponsors:
H-E-B, LCRA, Home Depot, Silicon Labs, RunTex, GAMA Wholesales, CAS Consulting & Services, Ameriprise Financial, Chruch's Chicken, Kabir Auto, Shams Bazaar, Shahi Foods, Venture Engineers & Builders, Texas Energy Contractors & Engineers, Dhoom Production DJ Sercice, Mobile-4-U, Water Lily Realty
Media Partners:
Austin South Asian Newspaper (
http://austinsouthasian.com)
The Epoch Times (
www.theepochtimes.com)
Asian Austin Newspaper (
www.AsianAustin.com)
Direction of Venue (Zilker Hillside Theater):
http://www.zilker.org/thehill.html
For Booth/Stall & other information, please contact: Phone - 512-413-9193; Email -
contact@tbca-austin.org
Organized by: TBCA (
www.tbca-austin.org) and other South Asian Groups
*** Don't miss it, Be there at Zilker Park on April 9, Join the grand festivity with us in Style ***
PICTURES PICTURE PICTURES PICTURES!!!!
Dear Friends,
What a showdown of huge "South Asian New Year Festival" concluded at Zilker Park! It was as a picture perfect Spring day under the canopy of partial cloud cover, and the Zilker Hillside Theater was jam-packed with thousands of cheerful and colorful crowd. Zilker Park was abuzz with excitement as artists from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, China as well as America, performed musical and dance numbers in their colorful traditional garbs at the grand Zilker Hillside Theater stage beautifully decorated with eye catchy huge banners, custom built from Bangladesh.
A variety of food stalls offered authentic South Asian foods prepared on site like any local bazaar of the subcontinent. A number of City Council Members including Mayor Pro Tem Mike Martinez, dignitaries, representatives from local media, sponsors, organizations and community leaders attended this auspicious event and celebrated the grand South Asian New Year with us with great fun fare and style. A large number of vendors displayed a cornucopia of ethnic outfits, jewelry, henna and much more.
We are very happy to see that the event is growing every year and has become an "Austin Tradition". Our heart-filled Thanks to everybody for making this year's "South Asian New Year Festival" a grand success.
This year's event excels all our previous years celebrations in every respect - pictures speak thousand words. Therefore, here is it - enjoy ("Slide Show" button wiil be at the top right corner of the page after clicking the picture links below)::
Festival Crowd:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbcaaustin/sets/72157623788444207/
Bollywood Dance:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbcaaustin/sets/72157623913144526/
Bangla Giti-Naksha & Band Show:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbcaaustin/sets/72157623913042496/
Kids Presentations:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbcaaustin/sets/72157623789293567/
Fusion Dances:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbcaaustin/sets/72157623913500362/
Teens Presentations:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbcaaustin/sets/72157623913611594/
Classical Presentations:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbcaaustin/sets/72157623788905075/
Digniteries & Misc:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbcaaustin/sets/72157623788960545/
Previous years selected pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbcaaustin/sets/72157623590857255/
Sample Video Clips (not uploaded for all the cultural items):
http://www.tbca-austin.org/tbca2008V3/events.htm (click the "videos" tab)
We have more than 50 individual cultural items for 9 hours of video tapped -TBCA media team are compiling this mammoth media content.The full videos of the event are coming up shortly at TBCA website (
http://www.tbca-austin.org/tbca2008V3/events.htm)...
Warm Wishes & Best Regards
Texas Bengali Cultural Alliance (TBCA)
www.tbca-austin. org
