{"id":11274,"date":"2015-03-30T13:35:15","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T13:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/03\/30\/punjabi-cultural-day\/"},"modified":"2015-03-30T13:35:15","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T13:35:15","slug":"punjabi-cultural-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2015\/03\/30\/punjabi-cultural-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjabi Cultural Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Punjabi Wolves Supporters are delighted to announce the first ever \u2018Punjabi Cultural Day\u2019 taking place at the Molineux Stadium, the home of our beloved Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, on Saturday 18 April 2015. In association with Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club and the University of Wolverhampton, the \u2018Punjabi Cultural Day\u2019 is supported by Kick It Out and the Footballers Supporters Federation. <\/div>\n

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The Punjabi Wolves Supporters \u2018Punjabi Cultural Day\u2019 will be celebrating and highlighting all things associated with Punjabi culture \u2013 including its loyal supporters!<\/div>\n

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In the 2011 census, it emerged that Wolverhampton has the second highest percentage of Sikh residents living in England. To further highlight the passion Punjabi\u2019s have for football and namely Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, we have discovered the first Punjabi descent supporters that attended a WWFC match were Mr Laskar Singh and Mr Lachhman Singh who experienced their first home match back in 1954. <\/div>\n

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The highly anticipated \u2018Punjabi Cultural Day\u2019 is taking place on the same day as the Ipswich Town Football Club visit Molineux in a vital Championship game. We are offering all supporters of every faith to attend the game and witness our FREE exhibitions and displays and experiences:<\/div>\n

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\u2022 Punjabi food tasting<\/div>\n

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\u2022 Folk Bhangra dancers<\/div>\n

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\u2022 Dhol drum players<\/div>\n

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\u2022 Exhibitions on Punjabi and Sikh culture<\/div>\n

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\u2022 Turban tying workshops<\/div>\n

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\u2022 Kabaddi Match at half time (contact sport that originated in the Punjab region)<\/div>\n

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\u2022 Appearances from prominent Punjabi celebrities and guests<\/div>\n

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Danny Batth, vice-captain and central defender for Wolverhampton Wanderers and ambassador of Punjabi Wolves Supporters, who is also of Punjabi descent said, \u201cI\u2019m honoured to be the Punjabi Wolves Supporters ambassador as they have always been present throughout my career building awareness within the Asian football community.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Andy Sahota, from Punjabi Wolves Supporters, said \u201cPWS have made a name for themselves by creating a colourful party atmosphere at grounds across the country as one of the biggest ethnic fans groups in Britain with more than 500 members from all races and backgrounds. We are honoured to be working with WWFC on hosting the first ever Cultural Day at our beloved Molineux highlighting our vibrant heritage\u201d.<\/div>\n

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PWS, are well-known at Molineux for their \u2018dhol\u2019 centrepiece (Indian drum) \u2013 an instrument seen at many Asian weddings and in Bollywood films. The dhol has accompanied PWS to many away games and by popular request from Wolves fans this will be first time ever the Dhol will be allowed within the Molineux at a home fixture. Be sure to join the celebration on the 18th March and for further information please visit www.punjabiwolvesupporters.com<\/a><\/div>\n

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Saturday 18 April 2015 Punjabi Wolves Supporters are delighted to announce the first ever \u2018Punjabi Cultural Day\u2019 taking place at the Molineux Stadium, the home of our beloved Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club, on Saturday 18 April 2015. In association with Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club and the University of Wolverhampton, the \u2018Punjabi Cultural Day\u2019 is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}