{"id":11741,"date":"2006-08-28T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-28T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2006\/08\/28\/festival-in-fremont-indo-american-style\/"},"modified":"2006-08-28T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-28T12:00:00","slug":"festival-in-fremont-indo-american-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2006\/08\/28\/festival-in-fremont-indo-american-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival in Fremont &#8211; Indo-American Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"source\"><a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.insidebayarea.com\/argus\/localnews\/ci_4176183\">www.insidebayarea.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">FREMONT, CALIFORNIA, August 20, 2006:  A two-day festival in Fremont that is attended by over 60,000 Indo-Americans in the Bay area has become known to the community as a festival advocating Indian culture with an American twist.  Even though the festival does not have a religious theme as the festivals do in India, Indian music, dance and cultural performances are the highlight for many attendees.  Rajan Bhatt, a 42-year-old software designer from Fremont, comments as he stood outside the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh booth, handing out fliers to promote Hindu culture and the Dharmic traditions of India, &#8220;It&#8217;s festivals like this one that help remind the younger generation about their roots.  It&#8217;s very important for me that my daughters understand Hindu culture. Fremont, with its large Indian population, gives us an opportunity to do that.&#8221; 17-year-old Komal Daryani of Milpitas who choreographed Bollywood dance moves for about a month at the Fremont Temple says, &#8220;What&#8217;s important about this festival is that Indo-Americans of all ages can remember their heritage and share it with the greater community.  This festival is for everyone.  It&#8217;s really here so other people understand what we&#8217;re about.&#8221; Daryani&#8217;s friend and fellow dancer, 25-year-old Shweta Verma, adds, &#8220;This is a festival of Indians living in America. So we bring the American spirit. It&#8217;s part of who we are. We&#8217;re affected by both cultures.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>www.insidebayarea.com FREMONT, CALIFORNIA, August 20, 2006: A two-day festival in Fremont that is attended by over 60,000 Indo-Americans in the,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}