Festival Of India In Lagos

Festival India Coming To Tafawa Balewa Square Lagos

The Indian Diaspora in Lagos, in collaboration with ISKCON West Africa, are organizing the first ever Festival of India event in Nigeria on the 13th of August 2016.

The chief organiser of the festival, Mr. Bolaji Rosiji said the goal of  event is "Celebrating Cultural Unity & Diversity for national and global peace - vasudhaive kutumbakam (world is one family.)" It's an international Annual Tourism Extravaganza for Africa's Model Mega City.

This statement was made known at a press conference organized by the International society for Krishna consciousness (ISKCON) in partnership with the Indian Diaspora in Lagos.

According to the Chairman, Bolaji Rosiji who was a former president of PMAN, "we intend to create an event of global proportions that, in addition to the efforts of the State Ministry of Culture and Tourism, will help catapult Lagos State to a notable tourist destination". 

Rosiji said, this Festival of India -Lagos with the Ratha Yatra (Chariot) Festival as its central spectacle, which in major cities all over the world attracts millions of tourists annually to have an inestimable impact on the minds and hearts of the up to 50,000 visitors and local participants that are expected at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos-the venue of the event.

He said, "The procession will display an unprecedented, colorful and very rich cross-cultural into Nigerian mix of ethnic troupes which will promote bilateral synergy and collaboration in various sectors-economic, cultural, entertainment and diplomatic".

Co-Chairman of the Festival, Diwesh Mishra said, the festival of India's stage will host the cream de la cream of Bollywood, Nigerian superstars, internationally renowned traditional and contemporary stars from India, Indian cuisine, fashion and cultural as a whole.

Mishra said,the event will also witness dignitaries in the fields of scholarship, the diplomatic corps and top government functionaries from India and NIGERIA.

Justpyenews report that, Some of the cutting- edge PROGRAMMES and exhibitions which Festival of India is know for in other climes would also be on display at the TBS spectacle, including: the best of Indian fashion; Cuisine; Health; Beauty & wellness; India Philosophy & Theology; Music & Dance; Trancendental Art and Yoga.