Deepam Nite

DEWAN SERI MUTIARA - Deepam Nite was the highlighted event in 8th College this week where Indian culture and traditions were celebrated as well as experienced. There were many booths such as the Henna-drawing Booth, Puzzle Booth, Calligraphy Booth, Traditional Indian Food Booth etc. One of the great things about our college activities is that you often see residents of all races coming down and participating in all the fun and it really warms my heart to see other races try to understand and appreciate Indian culture.

Henna or Mehndi is a paste that is bought in a cone shaped tube and is made into designs for men and women. It was originally used for only women's palms and sometimes for men, but as time progressed, it is more natural for men to wear it. People usually apply Henna during special occasions such as weddings.

Girls were shown the proper way of wearing a sari. Awwww look at them being so pretty!

Traditional musical instruments from the Indian community were put on display and demonstrated to the participants.

Kolam is a form of painting that is drawn by using rice powder/chalk/chalk powder/white rock powder often using naturally/synthetically colored powders. The kolam shown here was done by one of our fellow Kinabaluans and she used "beras hancur". Isn't it just gorgeous?? Look at the way those beautiful colours blend together. It's truly stunning!

Wow, look at how many people turned up for Malam Deepam!

Other activities which were carried out were a puzzle competition, muruku-eating competition and sampling traditional Indian sweets. Festive Indian music was playing in the background the entire night to give the event a proper atmosphere. Day 2 of Deepam Nite will be reported tomorrow! Stay tuned for more updates on college activities!