“There’s a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground;
there’s a thousand ways to go home again”
—Jalaluddin Rumi
Fostering the value of, and connecting South Asian cultures in Europe, in an effort to dissolve borders through community building.
We strive to contextualise the value of South Asian tradition in contemporary times through collaborative, artistically designed experiences.
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Tambola is a South Asian bingo game which originated in Italy in the 1500s. What makes Tambola special is the community aspect of it and the ‘calling lines’— each number is joked about, for example, the host may call, “Sailors legs, number eleven,” or “Watch your son at two and one, twenty-one”—these calling lines are passed down in shared cultural memory. This alternative, love-themed tambola was hosted by Zahra Mansoor, alongside Piyush Wadhera. New, playful and flirty call lines were developed. The experience design involved collaborating with perfume and cocktail curator, Fiona McDonnell on a spin off drink called ‘Chai on the beach.’@Dissident Club, Paris 75009 | September 2023