Nisha Tandon, Director, Arts Ekta said: “We are delighted that for the third year running Sensata Technologies is once again our title sponsor, sharing our vision for a society that respects different cultures and communities in Northern Ireland.”
Highlights of this year’s Belfast Mela include a spectacular FREE ‘Mini Mela’ celebration on Saturday 28 August as current Covid restrictions would make a return to Botanic Gardens for the traditional Mela format unworkable until 2022 with a spectacular FREE outdoor cinema showing Danny Boyle classic Slumdog Millionaire fused together with live Bollywood dance on the 28 and 29 August. Earlier in the week a host of events including the first Global Ceili of its’ kind in the city will take place as well as a spectacular Luminate large scale outdoor lighting event in CS Lewis Square; Taste the World at St George’s Market; as well as lunchtime tasting tours; a beautiful evening of Sufi Music at St Anne’s Cathedral and Wonder Walks, an immersive family storytelling experience.
Full details of this year’s Belfast Mela programme are available now at www.belfastmela.org.uk
The 15th Belfast Mela Festival, sponsored by Sensata Technologies starts on Monday 23 August at www.belfastmela.org.uk and runs until Sunday 29 August with a variety of events lined up each day.
Jing Deng and Adriana Morvaiova from Sensata Technologies are pictured with Nisha Tandon, OBE, Founder of the Belfast Mela