Sunday, November 26, 2006

Cultural Day: Sunday 11/26

(Part one)

This is an annual event for the Pune team ... they've been doing this for the last few years, I'm told ... where they all come together to have some fun by enjoying music, skits, dancing, and a fashion show.

It is such a big event, in fact, that the company's chief officers flew in from the Dehli office just for this event. Even one of the founders of this company was there. (Those back home in my firm have met one of the founding brothers back in January '06.)

The event was held in an enclosed outdoor area ... sort of like a large outdoor garden that is part of a banquet hall or small convention center of sorts. It reminded me much of the kind of place where one would have a large wedding reception.

The stage was set up with sound equipment and all manner of lights. The lawn had tables and chairs all scattered ... with the rose colored table cloths it looked to me like a very large garden party.

The evening's entertainment began a little after 5:30 pm ... starting with a beautiful Hindi song (of course I don't know the lyrics, but I was captivated by the haunting melody as the singer soared to a very high soprano)

It is rather hard to tell from these photos ... sorry ... I'm not used to night time photography with the camera ... but her sari was an exquisite black peppered with sequins.

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