WEEKEND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

Occasions of Joy and Togetherness.
This is a window to see and experience the colourful culture of India. We motivate trainees to participate in many such cultural and traditional events.

Traditional ceremonies with Indian families:
Participation in traditional ceremonies at Indian homes such as new born child's naming, House-warming ceremony and wedding ceremonies.

Industrial visits and Tours:
.We arrange visits to various IT Software companies in Pune and other places of interest, such as universities, museums in Pune.

Visits to Cultural Theme Park: Sanskriti - is a cultural theme park, with tranditional indian handicraft making, folk dances and variety of Indian food.

Indian Classical Music concerts: Pune hosts many Classical music concerts, Trainees take a break to enjoy and experinces the live -performances some of the great Indian singers and musicians.

Cultural classes : Japanese trainees can join Yoga, Indian music and dance schools to enjoy and learn more about indian Culture.

Indian Festivals: Indian festivals are colourful and all round the year ! Japanese trainees get a chance to participate and see many of these festivals.

Holi
This festival generally comes in the month of  March. After a successful winter harvest, people welcome summer with colours. People play with colored water, colored powder. Festival is full of music, dance & sweets.

Gudhipadwa
Gudhi Padwa heralds the advent of a prosperous new year and is considered as a shubh muhurat - one of the most auspicious days - by Hindus. This festival generally comes in the month of March.

Gokul Ashtami
Gokul Ashtami is the day when birth of Lord krishna is celebrated. A fun-filled ritual performed on this day is clay pots filled with curd, puffed rice and milk are strung high up above the streets and groups of enthusiastic young men form human pyramids to reach these and break them open.

Ganesh Festival
This festival is celebrated in honour of the birth day of  Shree Ganesh. The celebration of the God of wisdom is worshiped for ten days in houses privately and also publicly.

Dassera
According to Epic 'Ramayana', Dasera is the day on which the Lord Ram killed the evil king of Lanka 'Ravan' . This day is celebrated as good had triumph over evil, a huge statue of Ravan is burnt which is made up of crackers, where people gathers and enjoys the burning statue of Ravan.

Dipawali festival
Diwali or Deepawali means the festival of light. Diwali also ushers the "Hindu New Year". This is the most beautiful festivals of all Indians, Diwali is a celebration of lights. Diwali night is particularly a delightful pleasure to watch. Streets are enlighten with rows of clay lamps and home entrances are decorated with Rangoli (coloured powder designs) and 'Aakash kandils' (decorative lanterns with different shapes and sizes).