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SPRING 2006 Basant
Festival Basant is a celebration in Pakistan marked by festivals, kite-flying, concerts, food-fests and wearing brightly colored clothing to celebrate the end of the Winter months and arrival of Spring's warm weather. Come join the Pakistan Students League for the first time in UVa's history as they celebrate and share Pakistani culture, traditions and history with the UVA Community. The UVA Community will be invited to the Basant Festival to fly authentic Basant kites, wear colorful shawls from Pakistan, eat Pakistani food and learn about Pakistan's rich history, culture and traditions. Moreover the Basant festival is an event that spans Indian cultures, thereby bringing the South Asians together and showing the greater UVA community the roots of our cultures and traditions. And
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Annual APAHM Theme Dinner A night filled with ethnic dishes. Put your meal plan to use, and invite a friend - Newcomb and the all the Asian CIOs on grounds have teamed up to offer you delicious ethnic dishes for free. Adinner that includes mouth watering entrees' such as bulgogi, samosas, mango lassi, aalo parathay, pad thai, holi holi, dumplings, curry, and many more! Co-sponsors: OYFA, PSL, KSA, CSA, TSA, VSA, ISA, TSO, ASU, Newcomb Hall Dining ********************************************************************************** India
vs. Pakistan Cricket Matches A stream of five One Day Internationals (ODI) between the cricket archrivals India and Pakistan. The PSL organized five such nights and live telecasted all games direct from Willow TV in the International Residential College. The event was open to all; although UVa’s South Asian community was especially invited who attended the event enthusiastically. The cricket matches were aimed to bring the two groups (Indians and Pakistanis) together on common roots and to show the greater UVa Community the roots of our culture and traditions. Co-sponsored by the Virginia Cricket Club & International Residential College (IRC) and organized by Pakistani Students League (PSL) ********************************************************************************** FALL 2005 Ramadan
Suhurs Early Breakfast of Champions during the holy month of Ramadan, the month during with Muslims fast for one full month. This social event consisted of getting students involved in preparing home-cooked food for other students during the early hours of the day before dawn at 4am. Welcoming all Muslim brothers and sisters at one place at one time for the suhur was quite exceptional as most students don’t bother having a breakfast during this month. Co-sponsored by the International Residential College (IRC) and organized by Pakistani Students League (PSL) ********************************************************************************** It
Shook Me Too A Pakistan Earthquake Relief Benefit Concert to raise money for the victims of the earthquake in Pakistan. A total of $11,000+ was collected from the student movement from various sources that included this benefit concert ($2,000), T-shirt sales ($500), donations boxes ($5,000), mosque/church donations ($2,000), silent auction ($1,500) and other generous donations from academic departments. All proceeds were donated directly to two prominent earthquake relief organizations working at the epicenter of the quake: The Citizens Foundation and The Edhi Foundation. The concert along was a collaboration with more than 10 prominent student groups such as Mahogany, African Dance & Drumming, Indian Students Association, Salsa Club, Sharara, Arabs Students Association and so on and thereby generating a wide awareness of the presence of Pakistan at UVa as well as spread the awareness of the tragedy, which we hope Americans and the rest of the world won’t soon forget. The relief effort for this earthquake had a two-fold effect: creating awareness for a global humanitarian cause as well as recognizing affected local Charlottesville Pakistani residents whose families had been directly inflicted by such a natural disaster. All this was done by an organization which had no active members and came into existence for this cause. Co-sponsored by the International Residential College (IRC) and organized by Pakistani Students League (PSL) ********************************************************************************** |