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Back to the Mela

June 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off on Back to the Mela · Jane

After the fun we had at Bradford Mela last year (our first visit after living here for 7 years – our bad) we were back again this year but this time we were working.

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Dance group

June 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Jane

Dance group, originally uploaded by Skuds’ Sister. This is by way of testing the blog this button on Flickr. Dance music was great while there was dancing – when it was just music I recalled that I don’t much like any dance music, in whatever language…

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Bradford Mela

June 21st, 2008 · Comments Off on Bradford Mela · Jane, Music

After living here for seven years we finally got round to going to the Bradford Mela.  Every other year we seem to have had someone getting married/throwing a party/generally inviting us somewhere else on the Mela weekend and last year it was cancelled (fixture off due to waterlogged pitch…) so this year we made a […]

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Mela Photos

August 7th, 2007 · Comments Off on Mela Photos · Politics

Does anyone have any photos of the Crawley Mela which show the Wealden UAF/Crawley Campaign Against Racism stall or which show all the crowds wearing UAF/Unite badges? If so, are you willing to let us have a copy for future UAF leaflets or the website? No payment (we are saving funds for campaigning) but full […]

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UAF at the Mela

August 1st, 2007 · 4 Comments · Politics

The Wealden UAF had a stall at the Crawley Mela over the weekend, shared with the Crawley Campaign Against Racism and the Crawley Interfaith Network. The intention for the UAF was to raise awareness of this new organisation and maybe increase membership.

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Crawley Mela

July 30th, 2006 · Comments Off on Crawley Mela · Life, Music

This weekend was the Crawley Mela at the Hawth theatre. I think the crawley Mela is a bit unusual. Traditionally a Mela is an Asian festival, and tends to feature mostly culture from the Indian sub-continent. Our one tends to spread its net a bit wider. The organisers made a point of saying that the […]

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Crawley Mela

August 2nd, 2004 · Comments Off on Crawley Mela · Life

On Saturday Jayne and I went to visit the Crawley Mela for a couple of hours. A mela is a sort of Asian cultural festival, although the Crawley one has evolved to a general multicultural festival, albeit with an Asian emphasis. We could only manage a couple of hours because we had to open up […]

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