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Participants
A total of around 40 (incl. 6 children) people
participated in the ceremony. Some participants
were interested in Lectures, some were interested in
Party and some were in both. All the participants
are Japanese except 4 Indians. Most of the
participants came from far distances to attend the
Lectures and Party. Among the participants, two
were Hiroshima University professors, two were company
executives and 7 were teachers. And the rest are
general public of different walks. Most of the
participants attended with their families.
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| Participants |
Right Wing |
Left Wing |
Introduction of Members (by
the Founder Dr. Sasipalli
VSRao)
The founder, Dr.Sasipalli VSRao, has introduced the
society, its aim and activities (for details of the
activities of the organization please refer main pages
of the site). Then introduced some active members
of the society. Among the active members, Ms. Yuka
Fukumi was recognized as highly sociable member, taking
part in many other activities of cultural and social
concern in Hiroshima.
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General Introduction |
Vice President
(Ms. Yuka Fukumi) |
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Hiroshima City Mayor's Message
(read by Ms.
Yuko Akinobu)
Welcome INDIA has invited the Mayor to deliver a
brief opening speech. Though the Mayor has shown
extreme interest to attend and take part in our events,
his busy schedules did not allow him to spare time
attend our events. However, he sent his written
message, which was read by one of our member.
Brief speech by Special Guest
(Prof. Emer. Tadao Ichikawa)
Prof. Emer. Tadao Ichikawa has been associated with
our social organization in all its social events.
He delivered a brief speech about our organization, the
continued with a brief speech on the importance of this
cultural event, encouraging the Japanese people to
participate in such events more and more to understand
and exchange culture with different countries. He
was thanked by a flower presented by Mrs. Nageswari
(Vice President, Education).
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| Speech About Organization |
Speech About Activities |
Thanking |
Brief speech by Hon'ble President
(Prof. Koichi Harada)
Prof. Harada is an active researcher and a member of
our organizations since our association in 1994.
He contributes to the promotion of education in India
through our organization. He gave brief speeches
about organization and activities.
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| About Organization |
About Activities |
Some Remarks |
Lecture 1: Culture of Andhra Pradesh, India
(by
Mr. Ravi Kishore)
Mr. Ravi Kishore gave a lecture on Culture of Andhra
Pradesh. The lecture covered the following items:
- Festivals being celebrated in Andhra Pradesh
state
- Family System in Andhra Pradesh
- Marriage System in Andhra Pradesh
Ms. Yuka Fukumi translated the lecture from English to
Japanese.
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| Festivals |
Family System |
Marriage System |
Lecture 2: History of Andhra Pradesh, India
(by
Mr. Sashidhar)
Mr. Sashidhar gave a lecture on History of Andhra
Pradesh. The lecture covered the following items:
- Old Kingdoms in Andhra Pradesh
- British Rule in Andhra Pradesh
- Independence Struggle in Andhra Pradesh
Ms. Yuka Fukumi translated the lecture from English to Japanese.
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| Old Kingdoms |
British Rule |
Independence Struggle |
International Cooking (by all participants)
Nearly 30 adult Japanese participated in this event.
They made Chapathis, Chicken Curry, Vegetable Curries,
and many other main and side dishes of Indian delicacies
and Japanese delicacies. If you wish to view video clip of cooking,
please click
here.
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| Making Chapathi |
Making Chicken Curry |
Making Vegetable Curry |
Party & Video Watching
The party consisted of enjoying the foods and Indian
movie (Muttu). In the left wing one can see Prof.
Ichikawa and Prof. Harada and Ms. Fukumi. In the
right wing one can see Mr. Hiroshi (Shindaiwa executive)
and Mr. Hasegawa (ILC Corporation executive) and their
families and some Japanese teachers and participants and
children. All participants enjoyed the
Indian/Japanese delicacies very much. They liked
food and dances in the movie.
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| Left Wing |
Right Wing |
Whole View |
Valedictory
The organizers and executives of Welcome INDIA
thanked all participants for their interest in Indian
Culture, History and International party.
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