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Pic: Ellen Douglas |
Local people rehearsing for the community project, Typical Women. This was a mendhi inspired event organised by women, for women, to celebrate what 'typical women' can achieve. On 21 July, this was the culmination of weeks of workshops and months of planning. Songs, music and dance by professional and community performers featured in this Scotland-based community arts project initiated by Melange Network. More. | ||||||||
Pic: C S Gani |
Ronak Baja, Edinburgh-based Indian Marching Band took to the road in new Indian costumes designed by Melange Network's Pratap Shetty. The Mumbai-made costumes were seen as Ronak Baja joined the opening ceremony of the 3rd session of the Scottish Parliament. Ronak Baja started their 2008 season in a grand music collaboration at Mumbai Festival, India. Book Ronak Baja here. |
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Pic: Lindsay Snedden |
Melange Network was event manager for the World Sufi Festival in Glasgow in February 2008. A change to a winter slot and a new venue at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre allowed a fresh approach to an already succesful event. | ||||||||
Pic: Alan Tweedie |
Top Bollywood dance choreographer and granddaughter of pioneering choreographer Hiralal Merchant, Vaibhavi Merchant has told Melange's Pratap Shetty 'you are the best young choreographer in the Film Industry'. This came 9 weeks into Pratap's scintilating work on hit series Nach Baliye 3 (Star Plus) where Vaibhavi judges. | ||||||||
Pic: Alan Tweedie |
Culture Aangan is a new cultural tourism initiative with Melange associate Rashmi Sawant one of the founders. Their development projects focus principally on the Sindhudurg district, just over the border from Goa into south Maharashtra. Tourists seeking the real India can allow Culture Aangan to offer new opportunities. |
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Pic. Alan Tweedie |
Republic of Ireland's first mela co-produced by Melange Network in and around the Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire proved a great success. Featuring bhangra legend Mangal Singh accompanied by guest local piano prodigy, 15 year old Utsav Lal, the main event saw Utsav playing Bollywood classics for Mangal's mellifluous voice. |
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Pic:Alan Tweedie |
Bradford Mela 2007 was lost to the weather but the artworks created for the Mela in a Creative Art Works/ Melange Network/Oriental Arts collaboration were safely stored for a better day. Click here for pics of the backdrops created for the children's installation at the Bradford Mela. | ||||||||
| Welcome to Melange | |||||||||
Working in the fields of culture, community development, international development and social change, Melange Network offers consulting and practical services to support and develop intercultural activity for client organisations. With bases in Dhaka, Edinburgh and Mumbai, the skills of the network are available to help create, develop and deliver your strategies for empowerment, leisure, regeneration, education and justice, mainly through cultural initiatives. Our experience in interconnecting these fields is second to none. Whether working on stand-alone projects or with your in-house team, Melange Network and its network of associates and connections can provide the infrastructure and creativity to produce memorable and effective events, projects, campaigns and research. Melange: a varied mix (pronounced mail_onj) |
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Pic: Alan Tweedie |
Poush Mela is a new Festival in Dhaka produced for BanglaScot Foundation by Melange associates from Dhaka and Edinburgh. 22 December saw a traditional mela with modern dimensions. Click here for pics and for BanglaScot's report click here. |
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