Thai Culture and Food festival in Melbourne is focused on the themes of family, fun and food. The river terrace at Federation square was filled with the aroma of Thai food and a cooking demonstration by a celebrity chef nearby; Melbourne’s Thai restaurants were serving their delicacies and there were no shortage of customers. The […]
Obon or Bon Matusuri is a Japanese custom to honour the spirits of one’s ancestors. Matusuri means Festival. During this time Japanese people return to their ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestor’s graves. This festival is been celebrated in Japan for the past 500 years. Melbourne, the vibrant multi-cultural destination, adopted this […]
Melbourne play host to a number of Chinese New year Celebrations. Docklands, Federation Square and China town being the main centers of attraction, provides the visitors with unique experience on Chinese art and cuisine. Box hill another Chinese dominant suburb attracts around 80000 spectators every year for the Chinese New year Celebrations. The lion dance, […]
White Night 2015 White Night has transformed Melbourne into a sea of around half a million strollers all night long; the best part being the model behavior displayed by the crowd. This year, the crowd management was excellent compared to the previous two years. To begin with, a little intro about the celebration, the origin […]
St Kilda Festival While the weather Gods watched and blessed from above, the nine day St Kilda festival maintained its glamour and glitter till the last day on 8th February 2015. It is Melbourne’s biggest free musical festival showcasing Australian talent. It is grand, great and I must say, I find it difficult to describe […]
In Melbourne the suburbs of Richmond, Footscray, Springvale, Sunshine and St Albans have a significant population of Vietnamese-Australians. This community is the fourth largest migrant group in Australia. Though the Vietnamese community gets unfavourable coverage in the popular media due to its criminal gangs and a larger than usual presence in the drug trade in […]
The first generation Indians in Australia always make the mistake of marooning themselves away from people of other ethnic backgrounds . Away from their friends and relatives in the homeland, most never step outside their comfort zone of few trusted comrades, they call family friends. Apart from attending the New year, Deepavali and Holi celebrations, […]
Moomba As record number of performers marched through St. Kilda Road, Melbourne once again celebrated its diversity with colours and pomp for the Moomba Festival. The best mix of song and dance with happy smiling faces, celebrated the 60th anniversary of Moomba festival. If something has to define Melbourne for future generations, it should be […]
The ‘unwanted American Influence’, Halloween is gaining momentum in Australia, as retailers spot an opportunity to sell their goods. They are counting on the European lineage of majority Australians in bringing Halloween to Australia. Nowadays it is becoming a common sight in Australia, children taking part in trick or treat adventures that involve organised groups […]
Color Run We, The Indians are extremely good in giving a makeover to Hollywood movies and transforming them to Bollywood movies. Add a bit of Indian Masala with lots and lots of sentiments and a whole bunch of songs and punch dialogues, any Hollywood movie could be disguised as a Bollywood movie. But this is […]