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Originally Posted by Bagpuss
What a good idea, one year music (not asian) then one year a mela. We could then gradually phase out the mela bit and go back to having music in the park like it used to be, but of course this would never happen as funding would not be made available would it Gayle.  |
I wouldnt want for the asian music to be omitted from the celebrations at all i think it is fantastic
but i have a lot of friends from the Asian and non asian community who dont go because it is called a Mela and they expect racist people will go to make trouble just because of its name - so they just dont go .
We have a very diverse community in accrington alone - Polish, Chinese, British, Thai, carribean - just to name a few of these cultures - so if that is what we are celebrating then lets have music and crafts from all of these cultures i think it would be fantastic.