UPDATE: REGISTRATION IS CLOSED DUE TO OVERWHELMING RESPONSE. Limited On-Site registration will be open based upon availability only. Thank you for your interest!
Friends,
The Association of Indian Americans of North America (AIANA) is hosting World Gujarati Conference on Sept. 1-3, 2006 at the Raritan Center Expo Hall in Edison. This event is expected to bring over 30,000 Gujaratis from all over the world. AIANA has invited us to participate in this conference. The tentative program, etc. is on the website www.wgc06.org where you can familiarize yourself with all the activities. The cost of registration is $ 10 per person for all 3 days including meals.
Please note: There will be no registration at the Raritan Center on the Conference Days. All persons must pre-register on line and carry the registration acknowledgement with them to the venue. A prepared registration package with ID, program details, and food tickets will be handed over to the registrants when they check in at the conference on the first day.
Our Zoroastrian participation in this conference will be in the following ways:
- There are going to be exhibit stalls of culture, history, art, etc. & also of businesses and vendors. We will have a stall exhibiting our culture and Zoroastrian contribution to Gujarat in particular and India in general, and showcasing the Zoroastrian culture throughout. If you are in possession of books, photos, articles, artifacts, clothing items, etc. on the Parsi/Zoroastrian heritage and/or with reference to connection with Gujarat/India, please consider loaning those items to us for the exhibition. Please contact Nawaz Merchant, at vicepresident@zagny.org for further information/clarification.
- A seminar on Zoroastrian faith and its tenets. This could be done as part of an inter-faith seminar and/or discussion. It is an opportunity to look for commonalities in our very family oriented cultures. If you are interested to participate or help in this program aspect, please contact Dr. Lovji Cama at ldcama@verizon.net
- Short Parsi Gujarati Natak – “Tehmulji in Turmoil” or any other short skit. Farokh Daruwala is also planning to organize a skit on the “Kiss-e-Sanjan” topic by young Zoroastrians. Interested members, including youngsters and their parents, desiring to participate in the plays should contact Farokh at farokh@daruwala.net
This is also an opportunity for the interested ZAGNY members to join the organization committees. Please visit the Conference website www.wgc06.org for available opportunities.
If you are able to provide an hour or two of your time, you can also join as a volunteer at the Zoroastrian Booth to represent ZAGNY. Please contact Nawaz at vicepresident@zagny.org
Let us attend this event in large numbers. It is a chance to make new friends, participate, network and establish contacts in the vibrant and industrious Gujarati community, and also to have a great time. It is also the time to show our solidarity with the Gujarati community . Remember, a ruler of which (Rana of Sanjan) welcomed us when we needed a place to worship and shelter over a millennium ago. Please visit the website www.wgc06.org and register yourself, your family and your friends.
Warmly,
Nawaz
Vice President, ZAGNY
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