MTGO presents The Parade for Celebration of the Year of the Rat to share blessings on 3rd Day and 8th Day of Lunar Ne11w Year

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MGTO presents The Parade for Celebration of the Year of the Rat to share blessings on 3rd Day and 8th Day of Lunar New Year

~The “Parade for Celebration of the Year of the Dog” brings joyful celebrations to all
on 3^rd Day and 8^th Day of Lunar New Year~ 

Mumbai, 16^th January 2019: Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) will present the mega celebration event — “Parade for Celebration of the Year of the Rat” at the central and northern districts on the 3rd day (27 January) and 8th day (1 February) of Lunar New Year respectively to celebrate the joyful occasion with residents and visitors. The event features a range of spectacular activities including float parade, mega performances, fireworks display, float exhibition, Favourite Parade Float Voting and more.

 The “Parade for Celebration of the Year of the Rat” (the “Parade”) is organized by MGTO and co-organized by Municipal Affairs Bureau, Cultural Affairs Bureau, and Sports Bureau, as well as sponsored by Asia Tourism Exchange Center. A press conference for the event was held today (8 January) to unveil the event program. MGTO Acting Director Cheng Wai Tong and Deputy Director Ricky Hoi, Assistant Director of Asia Tourism Exchange Center, Li Wen Pei, Vice President of Cultural Affairs Bureau, Chan Kai Chon, Head of Department of Civic Affairs and Consultation of Municipal Affairs Bureau, Patsy Ko Pui San, and Head of Sports Facilities Management Department of Sports Bureau, Ho Wa, were present in the press conference together with representatives of the supporting and sponsoring entities.

For the upcoming Chinese New Year, MGTO has tailored an array of celebrations for residents and visitors. With both the double first solar terms and an intercalary month falling on the Geng-Zi Year of the Rat, 2020 is considered a blissful year for tying the knot. As a major highlight during Chinese New Year, the “Parade for Celebration of the Year of the Rat” will be themed around a story of the Rats’ splendid wedding. Delivering the story through a confluence of aerial dance and acrobatics, the Parade will be unveiled on the third night of Chinese New Year to extend blissful wishes for spectators. Performance teams from near and afar will also perform at major tourist attractions during Chinese New Year for a close encounter with residents and visitors.

In speaking at the press conference, MGTO Acting Director Cheng Wai Tong stated that Macao boasts a year-round calendar of diverse and spectacular events and festivals, which not only manifests the harmonious flourishment of diverse cultures in the city but also offers great opportunities for residents and visitors to create wonderful memories with their dearest ones. He hopes that this annual event that carries on traditional Chinese culture can let everyone experience a rich ambiance of the Spring Festival in Macao.

Fireworks add festive joy on 3rd day of Lunar New Year

The first round of the Parade will feature a range of elements including aerial acrobatics, float parade, the procession of performance groups and fireworks display. At 8 p.m. on the 3rd day of Lunar New Year, an aerial acrobatics show will lift the curtain on the Parade. Joined by a total of 34 local and international performance groups, 18 dazzling auspicious floats will then set off from Sai Van Lake Square before Macau Tower, march along Avenida Dr. Sun Yat-Sen on Macao Peninsula until the destination at Macao Science Center. Starting from 5:30 p.m., warm-up performances will take place at intervals, featuring artists from Macao and Hong Kong including Selena Lee, Paisley Hu and Mandy Wong, among others. A 15-minute fireworks display will take place above the sea area overlooked by Macau Tower at 9:45 p.m.

For the convenience of residents and visitors, MGTO will operate a free shuttle bus service around multiple routes between event locations and various districts in Macao Peninsula, Taipa and Coloane. Starting from 8 p.m. on the night, MGTO will live broadcast the Parade on LED screens set up at multiple locations in the city. In addition, TDM and Macao Cable TV will live broadcast the Parade on the 3rd day of Lunar New Year.

The Parade will fill Northern District with good luck on 8th day of Lunar New Year

There will be another float parade and finale show of cultural performances on the 8th day of Lunar New Year. At 8 p.m., 18 floats will set off from Rua Norte do Patane to march along Avenida do Conselheiro Borja, Estrada do Arco, Estrada da Areia Preta, Avenida de Venceslau de Morais, Rua Quatro do Bairro da Areia Preta, Avenida da Longevidade, Rua do Mercado de Iao Hon until the finishing point at Iao Hon Market Garden, where artists from Macao and Hong Kong including Louis Yuen, Germano Guilherme, Elise Lei, Elvin Chio, BoBo Chan, and Kenny Lei will dazzle the finale show among others.

Vote for your favorite float to win attractive prizes

By scanning QR codes on the floats, residents, and visitors can access the voting platform for the activity “Favourite Parade Float Voting”, vote for their favorite floats and submit their personal information, to enter the grand lucky draw for chances to win attractive prizes including air tickets, hotel accommodation, ferry tickets, Smart TVs and smartphones, etc.

A close encounter with beautiful floats for abundant blessings

18 splendid floats are presented by the following entities: Asia Tourism Exchange Center, Macao Government Tourism Office, Municipal Affairs Bureau, Cultural Affairs Bureau, Sports Bureau, Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, S.A., Tak Chun Group, Suncity Group, Meg-Star Group, Wynn Macau, Limited, Galaxy Entertainment Group, MGM, David Group, Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited, Sands Resorts Macao, UO Group, Chimelong Tourist Resort, and Multinational (Holdings) Group. The floats will be on display at the seafront of Macao Science Center from 27 January (10 p.m.) to 1 February (5 p.m.), and following that, on display at Tap Seac Square from 1 February (10 p.m.) until 8 February (6 p.m.). Local residents and visitors can freely enjoy the sight of the floats.

First National Cube Championship to be held in Mumbai

NATIONAL CUBE CHAMPIONSHIP 2020 IN MUMBAI

The first edition of the National Cube Championship is scheduled to be held on 26th January 2020 at Infiniti Mall, Malad with a staggering participation of over 1000 children. This mega event is being organized by Crown Kids with strategic execution by Anisha Dethe of Sukupedia Business Services and is supported by ICA (Indian Cube Association).

Mr. Eusebius Noronha, Founder & CEO of ICA, keep various kinds of the cube in his cabin and states "Whenever I have a spare moment or am waiting to materialize a decision, I play with it instead of going on my phone." He is the expert offering the cube to many students at free or feasible rates. He believes that extreme devotees who learn the course with him find completing it easy. Their focus is on speed, stamina or overcoming extra obstacles - such as being blindfolded and not given a chance to memorize the combinations. Eusebius adds, "The Cube has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 permutations."

The upcoming championship will see participants segregated as per age into two levels - junior level (4-12 years) and senior-level (13-18 years). Let's get ready to witness some serious neuromuscular junction on display by some of the best Rubik's Cube junkies.

LAUNCH OF SIDDHI FILMS  CALENDAR“LENS QUEEN 2020"Spearheaded by Sandeep Ingale

2020 CALENDAR” LENS QUEEN” - Hottest female model property in India

16th January 2020 in Mumbai: - It's getting hot in here! Desirable women, with toned bodies, looking like Goddess, defines one of the most awaited calendars for the year- LENS QUEEN 2020.

The smoking hot calendar features pages of beautiful, tall, appealing & gorgeous women wearing the best of designer wear & slaying their way from January to December.  

LENS QUEEN 2020 has but one goal, one purpose, one destination: to portray women in the most glamorous, stylish, desirable & beautiful way.

Producer of LENS QUEEN 2020, Sandeep Ingale wanted to do something a bit different "Lens Queen 2020 is international in all aspects. From the models to their styling, photos everything screams International. We want to highlight girl power& encourage women to explore the best side of them. First of its kind in India, high fashion calendar to portray women as the most glamorous, stylish and fashionable. From fresh faces to never seen before concepts to create an illusion in your mind and heart"

You would know, why the temperature suddenly shot through the roof, and it wasn’t the weather for sure.

Producer- Sandeep Ingale; Photographer- Rohan Gandotra; Kapil Charaniya (Assistant); Fashion Director- Ritesh Naroin; Casting- Siddhi Films | Vivek Goutam; Production Controller- Vivek Goutam; Production Manager- Uday Singh; Retesh's Team- Sahil Pareek | Samya | Ashutosh Pandey | Rahul Kale; Creatives- Narendra Gupta; Makeup & Hair Stylist:- Karan Singh & Team (Neeraj Thakur | Soni | Riyo) PR -Picture N Kraft (Parul Chawla )

Models- Akanksha Sharda | Anaika Nair | Deepa Devendra |Shailja Sharma | Sneha Singh | Siddhi Ahuja| Shweta Srivastava | Sujata Baudh| Surabina Karki | Violina | Zaiinab

Epic FamJam - 19th January 2020

Epic Fam Jam: 5 Reasons Why You Need

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1) Meet and Collaborate with Internet’s Biggest Internet Stars

Epic Fam Jam brings together the biggest superstars of Instagram and TikTok into the real world

for their fans to meet them, engage with them and watch them perform live. This is the first time

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2) The Live Concert at Epic Fam Jam to Feature Performances By 50 Viral Artists

You cannot miss the captivating live concert at Epic Fam Jam which will feature performances

by a power-packed line-up of digital stars and popular rock stars such as Gajendra Verma (of

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Kala Ramnath, synonymous with the

'Singing Violin' performs at Mumbai Sanskruti 2020

To remind us of the importance of monumental structures holding a piece of our history, the Indian Heritage Society (IHS) in its 28th year hosted a music festival, Mumbai Sanskriti, 2020. Performing at the event was Maestro Kala Ramnath who is synonymous with the 'Singing Violin'. She was accompanied by Pt. Ramdas Palsule on Tabla.

Speaking at the festival, Ms. Ramnath said, “It is a great honor for me to perform at this unique festival which blends heritage and culture and pays tribute to this wonderful city Mumbai which was built 2000 years ago. I really hope the audience enjoyed my music as much as I loved performing tonight at the gorgeous Asiatic Society Library. 

Present at the performance was Pandit Jasraj, Ms. Ramnath’s guru who shared, “Bahut an audit Hua. Yes, learning from a Guru is important but the student also needs to put in a lot of hard work. I have seen Kala being completely immersed in her music and it was a moment of pride for me to see her soulful performance today.”

Recently acclaimed percussionist Bickram Ghosh collaborated with Kala Ramnath for his latest album 'Paper Boats which features some of the most accomplished artists from across the globe, from Greg Ellis to George Brooks. Ghosh has scored the music for the 7-track album; Paper Boats was released recently worldwide.

Ms. Ramnath has performed at the Sydney Opera House, Queen Elizabeth Hall
London, Carnegie Hall, New York, Palais De Bozar, Brussels, Theatre De Laa Ville, Paris, North Sea Festival, Cape Town, Port Fairy Folk Festival, Australia, Tropen Museum – Amsterdam,  to name a few.

About Kala Ramnath

Kala Ramnath is an Indian classical violinist. She belongs to the Mewati Gharana.[1] She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Academy Puraskaar in 2016, Rashtriya Kumar Gandharva Sanman in 2008 and the Pandit Jasraj Gaurav Puraskar in 1999. Composition of Kala Ramnath featured in the Grammy Award-winning album "In 27 Pieces" She is a featured artist in the Grammy-nominated album ‘Miles from India’. Kala is Recognized as one of the fifty best instrumentalists of the world by the prestigious ‘Songlines’ Magazine. Kala is the first Indian violinist to be featured in the violin Bible, ‘The Strad’.

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TV actor Arishfa Khan and Adnaan Shaikh launched their Diamond Ring song

Child actor Arishfa Khan, who worked as a child actor in TV shows like Veera, Yeh Hai Mohabbatein, Jennie Aur Juju, and Baal Veer to name a few has grown up into a beautiful teenager. She was particularly loved for her innocent face and acting talent. She has launched her new music video Diamond Ring with TikTok star Adnaan Shaikh at Amesthhyyst Lounge. The video is produced by Manoj Lakhani of White Billionaire Records. The single song is sung by Ajay and Actress Pakhi Hegde. Pakhi Hegde who is also featuring in this video debuts as a singer with this video. The song is written by Sanjeev Chaturvedi and composed by Sanjeev - Ajay which is directed by Akshay K Agarwal. Akshay Kaledy is the project designer of this music video. Manoj Lakhani is also planning to give chance to new singers and composers in his music label. He is also planning to make a new single Wedding Ring which will be launched very soon. Adnaan Shaikh is also making his debut in this video. Faisu, Hasnain, Shaam of Team 07 group, Ajaz Khan, Kressy Singh, Bhavin Bhanushali and others came to attend the event. The launch party went till vee hours.

  

"I am a joking" म्हणत चंकी पांडेने आणली सोनी मराठी वरील महाराष्ट्राची हास्यजत्रेत धमाल.

                सोनी मराठी वाहिनीवर सुरू असलेल्या 'महाराष्ट्राची हास्यजत्रा' या हास्याच्या मैफलीत आजवर कित्येक कलावंतांनी हजेरी लावली. या आठवड्यात असाच एक कलावंत या मंचाची शोभा वाढवणार आहे. हिंदी सिनेसृष्टीत आखरी पास्ता हे कॅरेक्टर बरेच  फेमस आहे. "I am a joking" म्हणत सर्वांची भंकस करणारे आणि   प्रेक्षकांच्या मनात घर करणारे चंकी पांडे सोनी मराठीवर सुरू असलेल्या ' महाराष्ट्राची हास्यजत्रा ' च्या मंचावर येणार आहेत.

                हास्यजत्रेतील विनोदवीरांना दाद देतानाच मराठीत काम करण्याची इच्छाही चंकी पांडे यांनी या मंचावर बोलून दाखवली. चंकी पांडेंची ही इच्छा त्यांच्या आगामी  'विकून टाक' या चित्रपटाच्या निमित्ताने पूर्ण होत आहे. या चित्रपटाच्या प्रमोशनसाठीच चंकी 'हास्यजत्राच्या मंचावर आले आहेत. हास्यजत्रेचा मंचावर चंकी पांडे यांनी अजून एक इच्छा व्यक्त केली ती म्हणजे मराठी भाषा शिकण्याची. गेली बरीच वर्षे विनोदी भूमिकांनी प्रेक्षकांना हसवणाऱ्या चंकी पांडेंना हसवण्यासाठी 'महाराष्ट्राची हास्यजत्रा'च्या मंचावर चढाओढ सुरू आहे. या हास्यवीरांच्या गमती पाहून "मला मराठी शिकवा आणि 'महाराष्ट्राच्या हास्यजत्रे'त शामिल करून घ्या" असे उद्गारही चंकी पांडे यांनी काढले.

तेव्हा हास्यजत्रेत असणाऱ्या विनोदवीरांनी चंकी पांडे सोबत केलेली धमाल अनुभवायला नक्की पाहा 'महाराष्ट्राची हास्यजत्रा. बुध-गुरु रात्री ९ वाजता, फक्त सोनी मराठीवर.

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