What a great Mela, the atmosphere was excellent, I love Bangla New Year now , for sure and what a perfect time to party.
The music was jumping, punctuated by low flying MTV style cameras, the coverage was a success, the audience Baishakhi Mela
going mental, the musicians gave it back with excellent performances.
If a Mela is gauged by how well people enjoy themselves then Baishakhi Mela is really not to be missed, there is a real feeling of community and independence, which is fair enough, although, there is also a feeling of being in someone else's house, more so than other Melas.
There is no true cross-over, no sense of inclusion with rest of the whole community of East London, no multi-cultural element that makes a good Mela a great one.
Channel S put up a good show, the TV coverage was decent with a large viewing screen so no one missed any of the action on stage.
The presenter was constantly swamped with people trying to get their faces on the screen, but he seemed to handle the crush with some humour (at least when the cameras were on ) some of the crowd were generous enough to form a circle around him and the show went on.
A few other TV companies also showed up, but it was a token
representation and they didn't have the same enthusiasm as Channel S..
The music was jumping, punctuated by low flying MTV style cameras, the coverage was a success, the audience Baishakhi Mela
going mental, the musicians gave it back with excellent performances.
If a Mela is gauged by how well people enjoy themselves then Baishakhi Mela is really not to be missed, there is a real feeling of community and independence, which is fair enough, although, there is also a feeling of being in someone else's house, more so than other Melas.
There is no true cross-over, no sense of inclusion with rest of the whole community of East London, no multi-cultural element that makes a good Mela a great one.
Channel S put up a good show, the TV coverage was decent with a large viewing screen so no one missed any of the action on stage.
The presenter was constantly swamped with people trying to get their faces on the screen, but he seemed to handle the crush with some humour (at least when the cameras were on ) some of the crowd were generous enough to form a circle around him and the show went on.
A few other TV companies also showed up, but it was a token
representation and they didn't have the same enthusiasm as Channel S..
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