Several thousand people attended a carnival parade to kickstart a week celebrating cultural diversity in Belfast. The annual Mela festival is now in its 20th year. The word comes from Sanskrit and ...

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A group hoping to revive Bradford Mela 13 years after the festival closed has said it is reimagining the event for a new generation. Bradford Mela was the first large-scale South Asian festival in the ...

Thousands of people packed out Victoria Park in Smethwick on Sunday for "the biggest South Asian music festival in Europe". Sandwell and Birmingham Mela saw performances from more than 150 music ...

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Sandwell & Birmingham Mela is back for 2026 and it's going to be huge. Some 50,000 people are expected to attend this celebration of South Asian culture, said to be the largest of its kind in Europe.

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Every year, thousands of devotees travel to Assam to take part in the Ambubachi Mela, one of the most important spiritual events in Hinduism. The festival is closely linked to the Kamakhya Temple and ...

After a delay this year due to heat-induced disruptions to the harvest, the Horticulture Department, along with the Karnataka State Mango Development and Marketing Corporation Limited (Mango Board), ...

Ryan Mela will return to the Providence men’s basketball program for his junior season. The small forward averaged 9.9 points and 5.3 rebounds last season, appearing in all 33 games. Several other ...