Apna Virsa’s project ‘Weekend of Contemporary South Asian Arts’ was an arts festival of cutting edge in the Slough Town Square with high quality contemporary arts presentations and participation “tasters” providing opportunities for engagement with contemporary South Asian arts to be experienced by over 3000 audience, followed by a participatory workshop programme for approx. 150 […]
The essence of the project Teej Tyohaar – Our Festivals was to provide local people in Slough the opportunity to learn about and participate in South Asian Festivals and the historical, traditional, cultural and art aspects associated with them. This project was funded by Heritage Lottery Fund. Project was set up to run activities which […]
We ran a one year project to increase the involvement of women in Southall particularly BME women in sport & physical activity. The London Community Foundation funded this project. Activities included: 5 courses over 10 weeks on Bhangra Aerobics, Bollywood dancing 2 Courses over 5 weeks on Bhangra for fitness 2 courses of 2 hours […]
Vivaah was one of the earliest projects of Apna Virsa and was funded by Heritage Lottery fund in Sept 2009.The essence of this project was to provide learners with the opportunity to learn about South Asian Weddings and the traditional arts associated with them. South Asian Weddings include a series of rituals, preparations and ceremonies […]
