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Thursday, July 31, 2025

Divali pupils shine at Windermere

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Radhica De Silva
2458 days ago
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Dressed in their tra­di­tion­al East In­di­an wear with match­ing ac­ces­sories, stu­dents of Win­der­mere Pri­vate School put on a Di­vali show for their par­ents and grand­par­ents at the school’s com­pound in San Fer­nan­do on Mon­day.

The one-hour show start­ed with the stu­dents singing their school an­them “It’s a Beau­ti­ful Day.”

Erin Misir and Les Kissoon­dath lit a deya to start the func­tion, which be­gan with an in­vo­ca­tion­al dance from the school’s East In­di­an dance in­struc­tor Ka­jal.

The two-year-olds from Nurs­ery did a dance called In­fo­bells while Low­er Kinder­garten did an acros­tic on the mean­ing of Di­vali. Grade One stu­dents then showed off their danc­ing skills as they per­formed the Hin­di songs Aa­ja Nach­le and Bho­lay Chudiyan, while stu­dents from Pre-Kinder­garten One and Two sang a Di­vali song called Di­vali is Here.

There were al­so po­ems from Grades 3 and 2 as well as a song called Dil Ki Di­vali from the Grade Fours. The show end­ed with the Grade Fives who qual­i­fied for the San­fest fi­nals with their dance Man­galam Gane­sham.

Prin­ci­pal Lau­reen De­bance-Misir said it was im­por­tant to hone the skills and tal­ents of the chil­dren from an ear­ly age.

“You have to ex­pose them to dif­fer­ent things so that they can see what they love and what they’re good at,” De­bance-Misir said.

De­scrib­ing the stu­dents as gems, De­bance-Misir urged par­ents to con­tin­ue to in­vest in their chil­dren. She al­so show­ered prais­es on her teach­ers who worked with the chil­dren to teach them group and in­di­vid­ual per­for­mances.

Fol­low­ing the show, par­ents were treat­ed to lunch and East In­di­an del­i­ca­cies.


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