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Asian musicians, dancers, food, fashion and outdoor shopping are just some of the lively entertainment that to find just the right hat for you
make a Mela. and this year's Swindon event at the Old Town Gardens on Saturday 31 July is going to be
bigger and better.
Following the success of the first on Saturday 14 August with aspec- •
Mela in 2003, the word has spread ,.. tacular high-energy, must-see per-
across Britain's Asian community S { formance of contemporary African
that Swindon is the place to com music by Albert Nyathi and Imbongi
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for a great party. But the Mela is from Zimbabwe.
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not exclusive - it's for all communi- The Old Town Bowl is a great
ti es and also it's free. place for a pre-concert picnic, but
Organised by Swindon Coun- there's no question of lazily chilling 11PA [ BIPP-
cil's Artscape. with sponsorship out when Imbongi arrive on stage.
from Barclays. the Mela starts 12 Every part of the body twitches to An Established Studio
noon and partys through to 7pm the hi-life township beat and the With An Unrivalled
The day will include a huge range Po::, ' joint will be jumping Reputation
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brothers, an authentic Qawwali
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ent, including up and coming DJs.
At every turn around the gar-
dens there will arts and crafts. a
fashion show, cookery demonstra-
ti ons and food stalls. Indian head
massage. yoga and reiki, plus this bigger and better than last
youth, activity, health and kids' year's Mela.
zones. "Come along to Old Town, it's
Swindon Council's Performing going to be great fun."
Arts Officer Toby Rathbone is sure The day is rounded off from 8pm
numbers attending will top the with a concert by the `King of
10,000 who came last year. "We Bhangra' Malkit Singh and his band
have worked closely with Swin- Golden Star.
don's Asian communities to make The summer of world musicends
Albert Nyathi and Imbongi from Zimbabwe at the Old Town Bowl

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