Little India in Beijing

The Culture Wing of the Embassy of India celebrated the 149th birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on May 7, 2010. On the occasion, it organised various cultural activities including the Rabindra Sangeet performance.

The Culture Wing at the Indian Embassy organises Indian dance classes for Indian and Chinese students.

Two such students, one Indian and one Chinese, who had done very well, performed at the culture wing on May 15, 2010.

The prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing organised a festival ‘Global Village 2010' inviting various countries to participate and showcase their culture. The introduction to the Indian classical dances turned out to be quite a crowd puller. Many students spontaneously joined the dance teacher to learn a few steps.

The PALM (Professional Audio Light and Musical) Expo 2010 was organised in Beijing during May 20-23, 2010.

The introduction as well as performance of the Indian musical instruments was conducted by the Chinese artists and was received very well there.

A workshop ‘Enchanting Indian Music and Dance' was organised (May 23) at the National Centre of Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing.

The Chinese students of the Indian Embassy Culture Wing along with the Dance teacher performed there.

A Chinese student performed Indian classical dances at the Ed Baby early child development centre on May 30, 2010. This was one more successful effort at the introduction and promotion of Indian dances to the Chinese children.

The festival of Holi was taken quite ‘seriously' at the Indian Embassy on February 28, 2010.

The lady wives as well as the children performed various cultural activities on the festival of Holi .

The Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) had organised a reception for the visiting Indian President Smt. Pratibha Patil on May 28, 2010. On that occasion, a performance of Indian Tabla and the Chinese instrument ‘Yangqin', one of China's four most important traditional musical instruments, which resembles Santoor, was held. This performance by Chinese artist Ms. Liu Yuening and Shri Chakravarty from the Indian Embassy Culture Wing was much appreciated by the audience including the President herself and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping.