Indians celebrate independence and culturev

The event was not that glitzy and the crowd was just small and spontaneous but there was a great sense of patriotism among the Indian community who gathered at the country's High Commission in Gaborone on Wednesday to mark their 66th independence anniversary.

India is clearly a nation that takes pride in its culture, and Indians who have migrated from their native country do not seem to have in anyway dented their cultural identity.

To mark their national day, Indian women sat quietly dressed in colourful saris flowing as low as ankle-length. To date the sari makes Indian women fashion icons with their dress code. The sari usually is made up of different colours that always blend with each other.

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