A healthy helping of Indian cuisine and traditional song and dance are just a few highlights of the 2014 India Night at the University of Idaho, presented by the Indian Students Association of UI.
India Night performers dance at last year show. This years event is taking place from 5-8 p.m. April 19 in the Student Union Building Ballroom. The event costs $10 for UI students, $12 for non-student, and is free for those attendees under 7 years old.
India Night 2014 will be from 5-8 p.m., April 19, in the Student Union Building Ballroom. India Night performer and ISA president Megha Karki said there will be a lot to keep audiences engaged this year.
“This year, we are planning to have a lot of musical and dance performances, and in addition to that, the ISA will be cooking very delicious Indian Cuisine for the audience,” Karki said.
Karki said she and 30 to 35 members of the ISA are cooking food the day of the event and most performances are featuring the talents of the ISA as well.
Specifically, she said that one of the India Night performers has had 22 years of classical singing experience and the dances will be from many different areas of India, in order to represent the variety of culture in the country.
“We will be performing a traditional dance from the Indian state of Gujarat, and we will also be having a Bollywood dance performance,” Karki said. “Bollywood is the Indian film culture, and is very popular all over the world — so we wanted that dance performance.”
India Night is $10 for UI students. Non-student tickets are $12 and the event is free for attendees under 7 years old.
ISA Treasurer Mahalingam Dhamodharan said ticket fees will cover the expenses of the event, as well next year’s India Night.
Karki said in years past, the ISA has had enough money to contribute to a scholarship and other charitable endeavors with India Night ticket prices. She said she had interest in revitalizing this tradition in the future.
India Night has been put on by the ISA since the early 1990s, and the variety of performances and traditions taught has been different each year.
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