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91Èȱ¬ Radio Leicester hosted its Asian Life Festival on Saturday 28th July 2018, celebrating the success of the Asian community and how it has shaped Leicester - the first event of its type for the City.

The festival looked at five decades of Asian Leicester, telling stories of popular and traditional culture, through food, film, music and dance. The highlight was a spectacular audio-visual show involving some of Leicester's best as well as upcoming talent.

This is a film of 91Èȱ¬ Radio Leicester's 'Asian Life Live' - a spectacular sound-and-sight showcase of music, dance and performance telling the story of Asian Life in Leicester over the past 5 decades from the arrival of the Ugandan Asians, the racism they faced, the development of Asian business through to the growth of a vibrant South Asian arts scene with a colourful Bollywood mash up. The show featured, amongst others, the Shaimak Dancers, Nupur Arts, poet Mr Shay and 91Èȱ¬ Introducing singer Riya.