ManchesterWide.com » Platt Fields http://www.manchesterwide.com Manchester, England, Events and Entertainment Guide. Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:44:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Dashehra Diwali Mela, Platt Fields Park, Fallowfield, Manchester, 3rd October 2009 http://www.manchesterwide.com/2009/07/03/dashehra-diwali-mela-platt-fields-park-fallowfield-manchester-3rd-october-2009/ http://www.manchesterwide.com/2009/07/03/dashehra-diwali-mela-platt-fields-park-fallowfield-manchester-3rd-october-2009/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:15:21 +0000 admin http://www.manchesterwide.com/?p=560 The Dashehra Diwali Mela takes place in Manchester on 3rd October 2009 and is a contemporary celebration of two of the most popular Hindu festivals, Dashehra and Diwali.

Platt Fields Park, Fallowfield, Manchester, M14 5LL, will be home to the Dashehra Diwali Mela which takes place on Saturday, 3rd October, 2009, from 3.30pm – 9.00pm

There are lots of different things on offer from exciting stage performances, to an Indian wedding brass band, and from fire and light installations to a lantern procession.

There will be a range of stalls to visit, arts and crafts workshops and South Asian food. With so much going on there is lots for everyone to enjoy.

At 8.00pm there will be a spectacular finale where a thirty foot effigy of the ten headed demon king Ravan will be burnt, accompanied by a spectacular firework display.

The event website has lots more about the event, the events planned for the day and details of how to get to the venue.

Visit dashehradiwali.co.uk for more information about the Dashehra Diwali Mela.

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