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mela sanskrit मेला sanskrit word meaning gathering meet fair used indian subcontinent size gathering religious commercial cultural sportrelated rural tradition melas village fair case still great importance led export around world south asian diaspora community wishing bring something tradition new country recent time mela also popularly refers show exhibition themebased promoting particular culture art skill generally melas people find eatery entertainment activity shop game kumbh mela held every twelve year prayagraj haridwar nashik ujjain one largest fair india million people gathered january making largest gathering anywhere world gangasagar mela sagar island gita mahotsav haridwar kumbh mela jhiri mela kapal mochan mela haryana kumbh mela mela maghi muktsar minjar mela perfect health mela nashiktrimbakeshwar simhastha prayagraj kumbh mela pushkar fair pushkaram – river festival karnataka andhra pradesh telangana rathayatra mela sonepur cattle fair shaheedi jor mela ujjain simhastha banijya mela ekushey boi mela boishakhi mela mela chiraghan modern usage outside south asia become term show widespread diversity interpretation case south asia one find nepalese mela u bengali mela london boishakhi mela boishakhi mela largest openair asian festival europe largest bengali festival outside bangladesh notting hill carnival secondlargest street festival united kingdom attracting visitor across country many melas wider intercultural though mainly asian festival incorporating music dance food aspect mainstream culture since increasing number melas regularly held larger town outside south asia especially uk north america larger melas tend larger ethnic minority population many melas held community small south asian diaspora community ownership melas important south asian community see opportunity share cultural heritage mainstream opportunity bridgebuilding communitybuilding perform strong socially cohesive function successful outsideofasia melas tend strongly diversified funding base privatepublicthird sector collaboration public money often spent melas reflects mela organiser public authority joint conviction subcontinent melas everyone milan hague netherlands oslo mela festival norway belfast mela uk birmingham mela uk boishakhi mela uk bradford mela uk cardiff mela uk edinburgh mela uk glasgow mela uk london mela uk manchester mega mela uk middlesbrough mela uk newcastle mela uk nottingham mela uk preston mela uk southampton mela uk brooklyn mela coney island ave new york u punjabi mela centreville va u parikrama yatra list melas nepal httpswwwbbccouknewsuknorthernireland bbc list uk melas makar mela panauti nepal