About the event
On 10 and 11 October, the Viaduct Harbour and Te Wero Island were full of colour, traditional, authentic music, dance and aroma's of Indian food celebrating Diwali Festival of Lights 2009.
Diwali symbolises the victory of righteousness, the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil and the renewal of life.
It is the time when families light small oil lamps (diyas) and candles
and place them around the home and set off fireworks.
The event celebrates not only traditions of Diwali, but Indian culture as a whole.
Highlights of the festival included the colourful, lively Rajasthani puppets, Saurashtra Lok Kala Kendra-Jamnagar Gujarati Group, Mystic Minstrels from Bengal, Bollywood dance competition and a grand finale fireworks display.
Diwali is organised by Auckland City Council in conjunction with Asia NZ.
Updated October 2009
| DATE: |
10 and 11 October 2009 |
| PLACE: |
Eastern Viaduct and Te Wero Island, Viaduct Harbour |
| TIME: |
Noon - 10pm |
Competition winners
Congratulations to the winners of the Bollywood dance competition:
- Junior individual - Simran Wadahawan
- Senior individual - Sneha Rajiv
- Junior pairs - Dazzling
- Senior pairs - Neelima's dance group
- Junior group - Little Garage wala's
- Senior group - The Garage wala's
Congratulations to Cathay Pacific short story competition winner Saran Hardman from Glen Eden, Auckland.
You can read Saran's story Cattle Love on the
Asia NZ website >>
Congratulations to Mr Sreerama Tammina, the winner of the lucky prize draw which included flights for two to Delhi from Cathay Pacific Airways and 7 days touring Shikhar Tours.
Image gallery
Photography exhibition
To coincide with Diwali, Auckland City Council and the Asia New Zealand Foundation present Eye Contact....Portraits in India - a photography exhibition by Chris Morton.
Eye Contact....Portraits in India (874kb PDF) >>
Stallholders
Interested in holding a stall at Diwali Festival 2010?
Email your name, address, contact phone number and a brief description of what you would like to sell to
diwali@aucklandcity.govt.nz
Performers
If you want to perform or enter the Bollywood competition at Diwali Festival 2010, email your name, address, contact phone number to
diwali@aucklandcity.govt.nz.
