Sada-e-Watan
Sydney ™
sadaewatan@gmail.com
Chand Raat Eid Festival will be held on Sunday 28 August at Sydney Olympic Park
Chand Raat is a multicultural Islamic celebration’s event. Chand Raat which means 'night of the moon ' marks the end of Ramadan and the start of Eid-ul-Fitr. Chand Raat Eid Festival (CREF) is a unique event in Australia which has been organised for the last 12 years.
The CREF enriches the experience of Eid Eve Celebrations (Chand Raat) in Australia along with now in Canada, United Sates and Europe. The event engages multicultural communities and broad Australians across New South Wales and stretching out to its greater boundaries.
The Festival presents exuberant cultural display of multicultural Australia and bringing our diverse community together to share their joys, happiness and friendship. It captures the optimistic spirit of the Eid Eve Celebrations, creating a welcoming and uniquely a year-waiting meeting occasion for the families. It is an open event for everyone without any religious or cultural boundaries.
The festival is an opportunity for families to get together, do Eid shopping and eat delicious foods from a variety of stalls. The community groups and individuals place variety of stalls containing clothes, jewellery, henna, bangles, shoes, food, toys and many other traditional items. It provides the opportunity for many Australians unaware of such festivities to get together and enjoy the various different cultural exhibitions. The festival also provides children amusements and rides and live multicultural performances.
The Chand Raat Festival has become a very special long awaited annual event where many renowned South Asian community and local leaders also participate.
The first event was held in 1998 in Chullora. Since then it was being held at different venues and in Liverpool New South Wales for the last many years. The event has always been supported by local councils and community organisations.
In 2010, more than 10,000 people from broad communities attended event. The event was covered by major national and ethnic media. The CREF coverage goes internationally via online, TV, Radio and Newspapers coverage.
CREF 2011 will be held at the most beautiful and vibrant location of Sydney Showground, Olympic Park – Centrally & convenient location for everyone in Sydney. The event will be held indoor in exhibition hall and outside the hall for variety of rides for children & adults and food stalls. The Train Station & Bus Stop is only 2 minutes walk and there will plenty of free & paid parking.
Further information, images and video of previous years can also be seen on website: www.chandraat.net
