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IAALV Annual Diwali Celebration

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Springhouse Middle School 1200 Springhouse Rd, Allentown, PA 18104

3:00PM – 3:30PM Participants & Kids Snacks

3:00PM – 7:00PM Cultural Program and Music Band

7:00PM – 8:30PM Vegetarian Dinner

Gates open at 2:30PM

For Further Information, Please Contact:

Minal Patel, Payal Suratwala, Aparna Bharath, Shikha Sood, Bama Bhashyam at diwali@iaalv.org

Tickets

Buy Tickets : iaalv.org/tix

Adult (Age 16 and above): $25.00

Child (Age: 5-15): $12.00

One Complimentary Ticket worth $25.00, per 2015 Paid membership.

If you are not a paid member of IAALV, become a member today to take advantage of this offer. Offer not valid after the event is sold out.

We have also reserved few best seats in the house for 2015 Paid members.

We call it “Membership Advantage”. Ask us about it when you buy tickets.

Offer valid while reserved seats last.

Tickets are on sale starting Sept 15, 2015.

Visit www.iaalv.org/tix to buy tickets or contact

Rajib Baruah at tix@iaalv.org.

Buy Early, Avoid Disappointment. Sells Fast!

Last Year was a ‘SOLD OUT’ Event and IAALV had to turn people away.

Charity

Please bring non-perishable food items to benefit the Second Harvest Food Pantry

India’s 69^th Independence Day

FLAG RAISING CEREMONY

 When: Friday, August 14^th 2015, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

• Socialize and meet dignitaries 11:30 am – 12:00 noon
• Flag Raising Ceremony 12:00 noon – 12:30 pm
• Light Lunch and socialize 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm

Where: Allentown City Hall, 435 Hamilton St, Allentown, PA 18101 Tel: (610) 439-5999

All Are Cordially Invited To Join In the Celebration

To pay tribute to the most populous democracy of the modern world!

• August 15th, 1947, India became an independent nation.
• Seventh largest country by area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people.
• Home to the over 5000 years ancient Indus Valley Civilization.
• Four world religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism—originated here, and Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam arrived in the 1st millennium CE and shaped its’ diverse culture.
• India is a Federal Constitutional Republic governed under a Parliamentary System consisting of 29 States & 7 Union Territories.
• India is a pluralistic, multilingual, multi-religious and multi-ethnic society.
• India has general elections every five years.
• 2014 General Elections for 543 members (8,251 candidates contested) of parliamentary constituencies of India were conducted by the Election Commission, an independent Governmental body. It spanned over 35 days, with voter turnout of 66.38% with 814.5 Million registered voters making it the largest-ever election in the world.

 

Come join us to salute the Flag of India. For more information, please contact:

IAALV Asst Program Director, Shikha Sood: shikha_sood@hotmail.com

Folks, since 1989, The Mayor of City of Allentown has been by us on this day giving the Lehigh Valley Indian-Americans the privilege of hoisting the Indian flag at the Allentown City Hall. Come join us in honoring our birth country in our adopted country with the Honorable Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski.                                                 – Team IAALV