Quotable Quotes re Immigrants in
Wellington
In terms of New Zealand as an immigrant nation,
“Through song and dance these immigrant
communities are able to perform their cultural identity”
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Premanand Insbasekran, a chef from southern India, who has lived in Wellington for four years said,
“It is a great chance to unite different
nationalities. It’s good entertainment and tells us about the Indian culture
so others are able to know. It makes unity.”
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Diwali has emerged over the past three years
in Auckland and Wellington as a media event with several functions specific to its local context, including the celebration of difference and the consumption of ethnicity. Such spectacles might be likened to what Hall refers to as a "cultural supermarket",
a place where one is "confronted by a range of different identities" which are
celebrated and even consumed like many other products.
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The Asia:NZ Diwali Festival of Lights gives Wellington and Auckland Indian communities the opportunity to share this much-loved
cultural tradition with other New Zealanders and their families. This event not only celebrates the traditions of Diwali, but is also a celebration of Indian culture
http://www.asianz.org.nz/events/
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The festival has been transformed from its traditional
context and might be viewed as creating culture and a new type of tradition in
New Zealand.
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Sch091JMS-t1-g1-t5.html
A study of Diwali in New Zealand helps portray culture creation and the construction
of place, identity and community for many New Zealanders.
