It might have been 30 degrees on Sunday, March 16th, but inside the tent of the United India Association’s Holi Festival 'Balam Pichkari' it was hot & happening!!!

Holi Festival for 2014 was celebrated at Saffron Grill restaurant in Framingham and was attended by over 250-300 excited guests, who danced the day away covered in multicolored “rang”, under a huge heated festival tent, with DJ and live Dhol! The beats were unstoppable and so was the crowd! From 11am to 4pm the crowd was playing Holi with dry colors, feasting on delicious food, and dancing to the best music on this side of the world!

Guests were greeted with a welcome committee and could choose to dine inside the restaurant or in the tent, because both venues featured a full buffet of Veg and non-veg specialties. The children were entertained with fun Spring crafts, everything from making bracelets to birdhouses. The music began in the tent as the crowds poured in; followed by the Dhol!

Dr. Seema Arora, President of the UIANE, welcomed everyone to the event and thanked the Committee Members. Then a special dance performance to kick off the event ..on title song of the event 'Balam Pichkari!' (Choreographed by Nikita Rao, and performed by Seema Arora, Sapna Agarwal, Meenakshi Kumar, Malvika Soni and Nikita Rao, event emceed by Rakashi Chand) Then the floor was once again opened to the crowd and everyone was pulled in! It was time to play Holi! The tent exploded with colors! Friends chased one another, wives ambushed their husbands with greens and reds, and children ran about with their faces aglow in hues of blues and reds and oranges. The crowd fully enjoyed the hours of playing true Holi, right here in New England! The sun shown brightly as people emerged from the tent to pose for pictures of their colorful clothes and faces. Raffle prizes were finally announced.As guests departed they were given a special party favor, Gujiya!

UIANE hopes you will join us for are future events with the same enthusiasm!

Committee Members: Dr. Seema Arora, Rakashi Chand, Rekha Palriwala, Rashmikant Vyas, Rakesh Soni, Vikas Selhi, Anil Sood, Surender Kapoor, Neeta Dutta, Nikita Rao, Dr. Sapna Aggarwal, Parvin Khetarpal, Dolly Raja, Jatinder Sharma,Shobha Khetarpal, Kidar Vaid, Subhash Varshney, Neela Gandhi and Suresh Gidwani.

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