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Punjabi American Fest enthralls
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YUBA CITY: Punjabi American Heritage was showcased at the Yuba Sutter Fairgrounds as thousands converged in colorful Punjabi clothes. Music, dance, food and educational documentaries enthralled the audience. There were 50 plus booths offering health screenings, arts, books, food, jewelry and clothing. About 250 participants from different schools, colleges and universities performed throughout the day. The event culminated with performances by artists from India including Davinder Deol, Gurlej Akhtar, Rana Ranbir, Jelly Jarnail Singh and Ravinder Singh Grewal. Highlights of the event included bhangra by B2B (Born to Bhangra), a group of non-Punjabi (white) ladies from Yuba City and a co-ed bhangra team from University of

California, Davis (UCD Davis Dee Dynasty). There were three documentaries shown which included Cultural Safari, Selfless Service (based on autobiography of Bhagat Puran Singh) and Monument of Injustice: Autobiography of Maharaja Dulip Singh. Six students from high schools in Yuba-Sutter Counties were awarded scholarships for their academic and overall achievements (Harjit Singh, Rajdeep K. Sangha, Mundeep Purewal, Thaleena Purewal, Mundeep Heir, and Jasbir Kaur). Five prominent personalities which were honored at the event included Mrs. Pushpinder Kaur and Dr Gurinderpal Singh who developed curriculum to teach Punjabi Heritage and founded the first Khalsa Punjabi Sunday School in San Jose 20 years ago; Mrs. Mirin Kaur,

President of SALDEF from Washington DC for production of Cultural Safari; Mr Mukhtiar Bains for founding/implementing the Prabh Bains Basketball Foundation; and Mrs Bhira Baukhaus from Phoenix, Arizona for documenting/preserving the immigrant experience in her well received novel Under the Lemon Trees. Guests included many elected officials including assemblyman Dan Logue, Vice Mayor Kash Gill, Coucilman Tejinder S Mann, Supervisors Jim Whitker and Dan Cleaveland, CEO of Fremont Rideout Health Group Terri Hamilton and many other.The Punjabi American Festival is an annual event organized by nonprofit Punjabi American Heritage Society founded in 1993.

3 June  2009
 

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