Remembering Partition
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About this event
A one-day festival celebrating South Asian culture through film, music, food and dance, 75 years after the Partition of the Subcontinent.
- 11am – 1pm Tabla workhop with Sanju Sahai
- 2pm – 4pm Rising Silence, by Leesa Gazi, a journey of relationships between women surrounded by war and violence.
- This will be followed by a Q&A with film soundtrack composers Olly Weeks and Sohini Alam
- 5pm – 6.15pm Magpie Robin's Songbook, album launch performance by Sohini Alam, Sahana Bajpaie, Samantak Sinha and band and screening of music video made with the Year 4 pupils from Manorfield Primary School
- 6.45pm – 7.30pm Dance Performance by Anusha Subramanyam and Beeja Dance Company
- 7.45pm – 8.15pm Taking Flight, a performance by Jason Singh, themed on The Partition and The Conference of the Birds
- 8.30pm – 9pm Shikwa, songs by Wajiha Naqvi and Arka Chakraborty
- All day:
- Project Dastaan, a bespoke 360-degree digital experience and peace-building initiative, at the Wolfson Gallery
- South Asian food stalls
In collaboration with Bloomsbury Festival.
Supported by the Global Music Academy.
