Namaste festival returns with more color, flavor and spiritual enlightenment
Indian culture is rich and diverseZim Now Writer The Embassy of India has announced the second edition of the Namaste Zimbabwe Cultural Festival and promises another immersive experience of the best o...
Zim Now Writer
The Embassy of India has announced the second edition of the Namaste Zimbabwe Cultural Festival and promises another immersive experience of the best of Indian culture with a week long programme kicking off on Monday.
The 2022 edition of the festival has the best of the 5000 year old Indian heritage in the creative industry, food, souvenirs, clothes, music, and spiritual enlightenment.
The embassy is hosting the festival from December 10 to 18 with a health activity in Bulawayo on December 15.
A special event will be held at Seven Arts Theatre, Belgravia on December 13 where cultural performances and will be followed by an Embassy reception.
A source at the embassy told Zim Now that the live events are specially designed to showcase and celebrate India’s rich heritage in Zimbabwe.
The Namaste Zimbabwe Cultural Festival 2022 will open with the screening of a Bollywood called Neerja.
Other attractions during the week include performances by various dancers including Jane-Mary Mathew popularly known as Manjeeram who is a Kuchipudi dancer. Manjeeram regularly performs at Indian cultural festivals and is set to perform in Amsterdam.
A documentary on India in Zimbabwe will be screened on December 14.
Namaste is a traditional Hindu greeting in which one puts their hands together, fingers up, at chest level, and bows to the other person while pronouncing the word “Namaste”.
A loose translation of the Sanskrit word means “I bow to you”. The greeting has become a modern world-wide tradition and is generally meant to convey greetings, respect and benevolence to the recipient.
India and Zimbabwe have centuries old ties and have enjoyed cordial relations in all that time.
Recent times have seen a concerted effort by both governments to build and strengthen relations with five bi-lateral agreements in place as well as US$200m in trade. Indian countries have invested over US$500m in Zimbabwe and are now among major industry players in the country.
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