Sunday, January 17, 2016

Day 4, Part 2: Magic

The legendary cultural night makes SEALA what it is: a group of diverse, talented, passionate people coming together to create magic!

It's Kyi Pyar's birthday!
Did someone say group photo?
No one wants to miss a group photo!
The Wizards take a quick family picture before the show starts
This group loves life, they even like to call themselves Hakuna Matatas!
SEALA's Malaysian participants feel like superheroes tonight

Adam MC's the Cultural Night in his usual, expressive, eloquent style.

Cowgirls, Linh and Susan, start us off with a jolly hop!
John King transforms into Elvis for tonight

Paulette and Jinny are lost in their performance

Solo cameos by Susan Sutterfield (Lady Gaga) and Amy Kam (Flapper)

Team America set the bar high for the performances to follow

Next up the Burmese participants are dancing and Nikolas' singing delight the audience.

As Nikolas sings, Kay Zin shows us her traditional moves

The birthday girl refreshes the audience with a splash

Pui teaches everyone the latest Thai pop moves
And she's got everyone on their feet in a heartbeat!
Metta and John entertain while the next team sets up
The Indo-Malay group take the cultural night to the next level with a puppet show, short skit and a demonstration of Silat. 

Illiya and Sophia play the parts of an Indonesian-Malaysian couple
The puppets re-enact Indonesian-Malaysian history
Ridzuan blocks Mansor Harun's well-aimed kick

Of course this performance ends in a dance.
And the hotel staff joins in!
Gary Hong's demonstrates China's favorite form of exercise

The ladies admire the performances as they clap along

The night continues, the stars keep shining. Next up: Sri Lanka!

Shamal starts with high energy


Arj uses his theatre talent to play multiple roles

Sarrah explains the basics of "Singlish"
which has laughter echoing in the grounds
Arj listens intently as Shamal describes Sri Lankan
dace moves

Team Sri Lanka has people doubling over with laughter
Last but not the least, the India-Pakistan-Bangladesh team wraps up the night with a bang!




Combined, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh glitter like stars
Nikita invites everyone to the dance floor!

And people do!



In fact, everyone is on their feet!
By the end of the night, we are all smiles
Adam and Amy celebrate another successful cultural night




2 comments:

  1. Wow it was a night of humanity, people of one world, thank you SEALA organizing team for laying the stage to perform.

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