YOUNG people of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha (GHDS) last Sunday put on a grand show at the Dharmic Sanskrit Kendra with the aim of raising funds to support their community projects.

The show, replete with dinner, featured a crop of young people combining their talents in music, dance, drama and fashion to entertain the scores in attendance.

The night began, as most things should, with a hearty meal, which kept patrons satisfied throughout the ‘utsav’. And the youths opted to begin the show with a skit on the journey of the GHDS, which observed its 45th anniversary earlier this year.

That skit set the tone for the rest of show, as it illustrated how the Sabha grew across the country, and integrates the Indian culture into the wider, multicultural Guyanese setting. Subsequent to that, the show went nonstop into dances, songs and a modelling segment.

The rousing applause and supportive cheers, easily mistaken for a melee, indicated that standout performances for the night were the all-boys dance, and the playful boy-and- girl duet, where the star of the moment was definitely the pointer broom.

Of course, the soulful rendition of Tum Hi Ho was thrown into the mix to strike a balance between the playful and more sober cultural performances.

“The Dharmic Naujawan, the youth arm of the GHDS, continues to excel and produce young people who have a civic responsibility and a consciousness that allows them to create and entertain, and, of course, to produce something as wonderful at the Naujawan that is yet another platform for young people from across the country,” President of the GHDS, Dr. Vindhya Persaud said.

She highlighted that all proceeds from the show will go towards the community projects the youths engage in, such as providing school supplies and hampers to needy children and families, and engaging in medical outreaches.

And being part of the very many events produced by the GHDS, the President highlighted the gargantuan effort the young people needed to put into creating this show.

“What we are creating here is well-rounded young people that are dynamic, and have the leadership ability to take the GHDS into the future,” she said.