This year's Indian festival can be experienced at different places in Uppsala during spring and autumn.

With reservation for changes!

6 oktober

Soma Gosh på Hijazz
Thuesday 6 okt kl 20, Olof Palmes plats 2 UPPSALA

As the first woman ever to perform in the "Parliament of India" is soma today one of India
most renowned singers. With his deep spiritual singing technique she pulls us
on a journey of emotions. Here she offers on Indian traditional music with new influences

She is accompanied by Pradip Ghosh - tabla, pakhavaj, Krishna Mohan - traditional percussion,
Sandeep Mishra - sarangi, Dnyaneshwar Sonawane - harmonium.

Arr: Kulturum, ICCR Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Indiska Ambassaden,
Sopköket - Filip Lundin, ABF, Indcen resor - Stockholm

12 september

Uppsala Cultural Nigth and Incredible India at Uppsala Konsert & Kongress

Come and experience a taste of India

Concerts, dance, exhibition, music, food, crafts, theater, market

Arr: Kulturum, Uppsala Konsert & Kongress, Svensk - Indiska föreningen,
Indiska Ambassaden, Uppsala Universitet-Indologi, ABF

kl
12.00 - 21.00

Bazaar

Indian market outside UKKs entrance,
towards the center, Storgatan 24

Here you can indulge among Indian fragrances and colors: clothing, crafts,
fabrics, incense, chai, samosas, ginger beer,
Indian snacks and light meals, and
much much more ....

kl
12.30

13.30

14.30

15.30

16.30

floor 3

Puppet show from Rajasthan

Dancing puppets, Bollywood music, sinuous snakes and some excitement ...

Marionette Dance has a very long tradition in India.
Here we see a more modern version.

Shafiq Khan make the performance for small and large children

"White Hall" on the 3rd floor

kl
14.00 -
14.30

C-hall

Nritya Darpan Dancegroup -
Indisk dans

C-hall floor 3

BOLLYWOOD medley - A dance parade from classical Indian dance to the showy Bollywood and rhythmic folklore

www.bollywooddans.se

kl
16.00 -
16.45

Conference

"Art's purpose and objectives, as Hindu philosophers"

Lecture by Stig L Shiva Shankar from the Swedish-Indian Association

Conference floor 3

Odissi - Indian classical dance with Edith Humble

Odissi is a classical Indian temple dance full of mystery and attractive appeal based on Indian myths. A flow between the graceful, enigmatic, dramatic and powerful in its design. Rhythmic steps and hand gestures characterize dance woven together with the music.

C-hall floor 3

kl
17.45 -
18.45

B-salen

Shantala Subramanyam Group

Shantala play venu - bamboo flute.
She is one of India's few young female flautists touring both throughout India, Europe and the United States.

Today she is recognized and has been hailed by music critics for their performances that are both melodic and complex rhythmic.

With her Vishaal Sapuram on chitravina and
Akshay Anantapadmanabhan on South Indian hand drum mridangam.

B-hall floor 3

kl
18.00 -
21.00

C-salen

Indian Movie - Engish Vinglish
A dramacomedy from 2012, written and directed by Gauri Shinde

The film's story revolves around a housewife who is studying at an English speaking course in order to stop her husband's and daughter's mocking of her lack of knowledge of English, and get self-respect
in the process.

C-hall floor 3

The film is introduced in a discussion with representatives from the Swedish-Indian Association

Orient squeezers - Oriental Western Fusion

Håkan Almqvist - prepared sitar
Hasse Bruniusson - electronic percussion
Pal Johnson - bass
Bobo Andersson - electric guitar

The restaurant / D-hall floor 2

kl
12.00 -
21.00

Photos and slideshows from India

Eva Källander - People and places from my
travels in India

The restaurant /D-hall floor 2

23/5 -24/5
sat-sun

Carnival of Cultures in the Botanical Garden

Organic and fair coffee, Indian snacks, vegan & vegetarian, Chai and other hot and cold beverages

Nritya Drapan dancing Bollywood and Bhangra

INDIAN MARKET:

Per Sahlström - textile crafts, organic cotton and vegetable dyes

Olle Samuelsson - clothes, fabrics and spices

Sadhna Alstrom talks about "Children's Garden Palna"
"For many years I had a dream about creating a meaningful play environment for kids at PALNA, an orphanage in Delhi, India (www.dccw.org). For over two years I collected gifts with the help of my friends and acquaintances who did that the dream could be a reality. "