A Moray town will be infused with some Indian spice as it holds a colourful celebration of Asian traditions.
Forres residents are preparing to mark a national “year of Indian culture” with cookery, craft and art events.
The town’s Falconer Museum will welcome storyteller Peter Chand for a series of sessions on Saturday, May 20.
Mr Chand will tell some tales from the country, and offer instruction on Indian craftwork by encouraging locals to create their own versions of the bright decorations associated with the nation.
There will be six separate sessions between 10am and 4pm.
That night, there will be an art event designed to replicate the experience of being in a bustling Indian kitchen.
The “sound and visual installation” will be held in The Birdhouse on Dunedin Place, between 7pm and 9pm.
Local musician Dave Martin and visual artist and filmmaker, Graeme Roger, have devised the production along with staff from the High Street’s Cardamom Spice restaurant.
Recordings of kitchen sounds, interviews and Bengali music will filter through the air.
The Findhorn Bay Arts group is helping to promote the event.
A spokeswoman said: “This will bring a live evening installation to Forres, to give locals a flavour of the buzz and cultural excitement of an Asian kitchen – along with samples from Cardamon Spice restaurant.”
The following day, Grant Park will play host to an Indian holi at 2pm.
A holi is a Hindu spring festival celebrated in India and Nepal, also known as the “festival of colours”.
Artist Marion Normand will oversee the spectacle of dancing and drumming.
It will conclude with a “colour run”, where people will throw brightly coloured powder on one another.
