Hindu YUVA, University of Washington

Namaste,

As some of you may know we have started organizing monthly social events where we can get together and not only have fun but also learn and grow. Our aim is to have a variety of social events, usually a few hours long(with some exceptions) with an energetic and healthy vibe. We would like to get your input to organize these events to suit your choices more accurately. Please take out a couple of minutes to fill the form by clicking on the link below.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=y3NnEBNb6Z4QL1GwoXcuKw_3d_3d

We appreciate your feedback immensely and look forward to meeting you.

Dhanyawaad,

This year, we introduced HY Socials, with the ice-skating event in Jan 2009. And, it was a lot of fun!

This time around, we learn break-dancing from Jeromeskee. This would be a introduction to break dancing and you don’t need to worry if you haven’t break-danced (or even danced at all) before. It’s a beginner level class but it will be challenging for sure!

When – March 25, Wednesday – 7:45pm to 8:45pm

Venue – Velocity Dance Center, 915 East Pine Street, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98122

How much? $10 per person

Our instructor, Jeromeskee has participated successfully in several b-boy titles throughout the world and has worked with and taught at many corporations and universities and holds workshop classes in Seattle every Wednesday to teach break-dance.

The Facebook page for the event can be found here.

Let us know if you need or can provide car pools.

Holi – the Indian festival of colors. The sheer name of this festival brings into mind a splash of colurs. So, when Hindu YUVA, UW decided to organize Holi celebrations for the first time, it had to be special. A flood of colors that Seattle’s grey skies has never experienced. An addition to the American red, blue and white. An event full of enthusiasm, joy, wonderful colors and some delicious food. Can you expect anything more? Oh yes you can. The event was organized at the Golden Gardens beach in Seattle. We decided to hold our weekly gathering – shakha at the beach too. We played some traditional Indian games like kabaddi and kho-kho. Playing these games on the beach sand made them all the more fun. We decided to light up some real holi fire near the beach. The lighting up of the holi fire turned out to be a good idea given the cold seattle weather. 
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Holi, also called the Festival of Colours, is a popular Hindu spring festival observed in India, Nepal, and countries with large Hindu diaspora such as Suriname, Guyana, South Africa, Trinidad, the UK, Mauritius and Fiji. In West Bengal of India and Bangladesh, it is known as Dolyatra (Doljatra) or Boshonto Utsav (”spring festival”). It is the most fun frolic festival among all the Indian festivals.

Hindu YUVA plans to organize a Holi party this year for the first time and that too on a beach!! Besides coloring each other, we’ll also play games like volleyball or cricket or any other creative games you can think of.There will be some Bollywood music, so you can try some bollywood dance steps. And of course there will some good food. We plan to have a potluck for the event. So, please bring some food good for 5-6 people. It surely sounds a lot of fun!

Here are some of the details of the event:

When: Sunday, March 22, 2009 (12:00pm – 3:00pm)
Where: Golden Gardens Park. Golden Gardens Drive NW, Seattle, WA
To view the map: Click here

Please RSVP if you plan to come to this event. Click here to go the facebook event page.

If you do not have an account on facebook feel free to email us on hyuva@u.washington.edu