The traditional Mela Day returned to Belfast on Sunday
The largest celebration of cultural diversity on the island of Ireland drew to a close today with the traditionalBelfast Mela Festival, sponsored by Sensata Technologies, attracted 65,000 people with different events held over nine days this year.on Sunday, featuring new cultural zones and exciting new performances for 2023.The annual mega global cultural extravaganza attracted people of all ages who enjoyed a jam-packed programme of music, dance, food and art over six hours.
“Today the festival culminated with an amazing Mela Day Finale where one of our city’s most loved parks was transformed into a wonderland full of happy faces. Dr Nisha Tandon, founder of Belfast Mela and Director of ArtsEkta said Sunday's event was an amazing end to the 17“But we have a beautiful small team that puts so much effort into making this happen and the support we get from the public is immense, as well as our funders and sponsors, who feel that diversity, equality and inclusion is so, so important.
“Let’s continue to celebrate everything that is good about our city and its people. We look forward to bringing you another cultural extravaganza of global music, dance, food, theatre and arts in 2024.”
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