3-day festival marked good ties between India and Seychelles

The recent Seychelles-India Day Celebrations has been covered well by the international press, earning the Seychelles positive coverage and ensuring they remain visible as they strengthened their rela

The recent Seychelles-India Day Celebrations has been covered well by the international press, earning the Seychelles positive coverage and ensuring they remain visible as they strengthened their relationship with India.

This first edition of the Seychelles-India Day Celebrations attracted to the mid-ocean islands of the Seychelles a number of known Bollywood popular stars who have themselves tweeted their positive impressions of the breathtaking islands. Bollywood, Indian cinema, Indian dancing, Indian music and culture, and Indian culinary delights overtook Seychelles for this three-day celebration with the very popular film star, R. Madhavan, leading the long list of Indian celebrities to Seychelles.

The Indian celebrities included Sanjeev Kapoor, the decorated best chef of India; Sivamani, the world-class percussionist; and Anjana Sukhani, the pretty Indian film actress and model who starred with the likes of Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, John Abraham, Tushar Kapoor, Ajay Devgan, Kareena Kapoor, and the South Star Ravi Teja. The list of celebrities who flew to Seychelles also included Shazahn Padamsee, the pretty daughter of the noted actors Alyque Padamsee and Sharon Prabhakar and herself an Indian film and stage actress; the prominent beauty queen Bollywood vocalist and performer, Akriti Kakar; the latest sensation in Bollywood, Benny Dayal; former Miss Universe India 2010 Ushoshi Sengupta, who was the Master of Ceremony for the three-day celebration in Seychelles; the musical prodigy of India, Tanmoy Bose; India’s leading flautist, Naveen Kumar; India’s most creative fashion designers, Mayyur Girotra; and the known, popular, and respected Terence Lewis of the dance world.

The Seychelles Indian community rallied to make this event the success it deserved to be, and they worked closely with the Indian High Commissioner and the Seychelles Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture, whose idea it was to stage the Seychelles-Indian Day Celebrations. Today, press in the four corners of the world are reporting on another successful cultural event staged by Seychelles in their bid to remain visible and relevant as a tourism destination using culture and people as their main catalyst instead of just their sand, sea, and sun unique selling point even though they probably have the best for beach holidays.

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