Diwali & Dia de los Muertos—

Recap and Thank You!

        We would like to thank all the Burr families and alums and everyone from the local community for joining us at this wonderful event to celebrate Diwali and Día De Los Muertos. A shout out to all of the volunteers; we really appreciate your help, we would especially like to thank Sumana Hatwar, Sangeeta Benjwal, Lucy Galvan,  Deanna Hoffman, Alejandro Rodriguez, Vibha Desai, Aalok Nadkar, Rajit Gupta, Poonam Gupta, Pushkar Phatak, Kyle Crossley, Divya Anand, Shivangi Nadkar and Lorena Sanchez for their help with performances and music, arranging food, decorations, performance set up and crafts table set up. Big thank you to Lucy Galvan, Sumana Hatwar, Sangeeta Benjwal , Deanna Hoffman and Jyoti Shah, co-chairs for this joint celebration.

 

Thank you to the amazing Burr students who participated in the play, Ramleela, a dramatic folk re-enactment of some sections of the life of King Ram and story of Diwali celebration. A special thank you to our guest performer, Rosalba Solis, whose performance honored and celebrated El Día De Los Muertos, featuring the altar built by Alejandro Rodriguez & Lucy Galvan.

 

Finally, we would like to thank Principal Mindy Johal and the Burr Staff for working to make our community aware, inclusive, and celebratory of diverse cultures.

 

We hope to see you next year!