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Celebration of Holi and Nauryz and holding of Festival of Indian Tea at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty

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Department of Far East and South Asian Studies, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University organized a function to celebrate Holi and Nauryz festivals on April 3, 2015.  A Festival of Indian Tea was also organized on the occasion. The function was hosted by Dr. Bayan Jubatova, Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies and was attended by Faculty members of the Department and Hindi/Urdu language students. Mr. Naveen Kapur, Second Secretary(Cons), Representative Office of India, Almaty attended the celebration and addressed the gathering. He spoke briefly about the importance of Holi and Nauryz and gave an overview of Indian Tea. A brief power point presentation on Indian tea was made on the occasion. The function ended with an impressive cultural programme by the students of the university.