“Divali Nagar has grown to be a huge economic and business enterprise with over 80 large, medium and small companies participating locally, and from the Caribbean and India, among other places. Divali Nagar provides employment for scores of people from the ground level – entertainers, orchestras, musicians, tassa drummers and stage personnel, as well as security personnel.”
— Surujdeo Mangaroo, National Council of Indian Culture PRO
Divali Nagar is all set to return to the Chaguanas site in Trinidad in all its glory and splendour for nine spectacular nights. It will run between October 15-23. Preceding that, the annual yagna, officiated by Pundit Abhedanand Persad Sharma, begins on October 3 and ends on October 9.
The National Council of Indian Culture PRO Surujdeo Mangaroo told Sunday Newsday that the celebration, now in its 34th year, has matured from being just a celebration of East Indian culture – including religion, cuisine and fashion – into a thriving business enterprise. “Divali Nagar has grown to be a huge economic and business enterprise with over 80 large, medium and small companies participating locally, and from the Caribbean and India, among other places. Divali Nagar provides employment for scores of people from the ground level – entertainers, orchestras, musicians, tassa drummers and stage personnel, as well as security personnel.”
He said the cultural extravaganza has also captured the attention of countries which have a large Indian composition or following, and which now want to emulate what cultural activist Hans Hanoomansingh, who led the NCIC for 20 years, introduced to Trinidad and Tobago.
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Continuing the trend of Divali Nagar presentations held in 2018 and 2019, when the themes were Hindu Sant (Hindu saints), and Hindu Granth (Hindu sacred books), the NCIC has chosen as its theme for 2022, Hindu Panth (Hindu Denominations).
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Divali Nagar, a nine-day event, usually precedes the observance of Divali – the festival of lights – each year. Divali will be celebrated on October 24
“The NCIC has had requests and have become consultants to several Caribbean and even North American communities who want to know more about the organisation of this annual show,” Mangaroo said.
For the 2022 return, he pointed out the event has attracted a large following of tourists from Canada, the US, England, the Caribbean, Guyana, Suriname, Holland, India and a network of diaspora countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific who have already relayed their intention to come to Trinidad.
“Our flagship event has been able to foster further ethnic unity in our land, and other countries are taking a page from our social, religious and cultural disposition, all of which augur well for the unity and brotherhood of all mankind.
“The president and members of the NCIC board and Chairman of Divali Nagar, Sahadeo Partap, are pleased to announce the staging of the 34th annual Divali Nagar celebrations and welcome one and all to this cultural extravaganza,” Mangaroo said. “Divali Nagar has now become a national, and probably, an international institution in terms of its total presentation, glamour, originality and content,” he said.
Continuing the trend of Divali Nagar presentations held in 2018 and 2019, when the themes were Hindu Sant (Hindu saints), and Hindu Granth (Hindu sacred books), the NCIC has chosen as its theme for 2022, Hindu Panth (Hindu Denominations).
Divali Nagar, a nine-day event, usually precedes the observance of Divali – the festival of lights – each year. Divali will be celebrated on October 24.
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