Garba goes global as the MEA organizes events across its missions to celebrate its inclusion in ICH

New Delhi: Garba’s popularity is increasing worldwide after being included in the UNESCO heritage list. To celebrate the arrival of India’s cultural heritage on the world stage, Indian Embassies in various countries across the world have organized spectacular events over the past several days.

The Consulate General of India in New York organized a Garba ceremony at ‘Crossroads of the World’. In America’s famous Times Square, along with people of Indian origin, local people were also seen dancing to the Garba dance.

The Indian Embassy in Mexico City and Gurudev Tagore Indian Cultural Center organized a flash mob with Garba performance during an event held at the Indian Embassy auditorium. Indian expatriate artists and students of the cultural center participated in the Garba flash mob.

A Garba program also took place in the cultural hall of the High Commission in Namibia, where many people from the Indian community participated. A workshop on Garba and Dandiya was organized at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Cultural Co-operation in Trinidad and Tobago, in which Indian diaspora members enthusiastically participated, especially the Gujarati community.

Apart from this, Indian Missions across Russia, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, Iceland, Sweden, Australia, Mauritius, Botswana, Bhutan, Portugal, Armenia, Scotland, Myanmar, Venezuela, Vietnam, Tunisia, Colombia, Jeddah, Frankfurt, Zimbabwe, Vladivostok, Houston, Malta, Angola, Birgunj, UAE, Turkey, Namibia, Bahrain, Syria, Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti, Lebanon, Cambodia, Qatar, Panama, Madagascar, Denmark, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Zambia, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Egypt, Atlanta, Toronto, Cuba held various workshops and programmes to celebrate Garba, seeing participation from several diaspora members, as well as foreign citizens.

The MEA, through such events, has truly made Garba a global celebration that will be instilled in the heart of every Indian diaspora member and foreigner for years to come.