Hyderabad, 9 p.m.
Warren Latouche is keeping watch over the All India Anglo-Indian Association’s Boxing Day Ball. As president of the Hyderabad chapter, he has to make sure that members have a good time at the ball – which has a 140-year-old heritage. For the Anglo-Indian community, it’s a chance to be part of a celebration that dates back to a different era.
The Anglo-Indian Ball was always a famous event and kept alive the tradition of ballroom dancing which they have had since inception. Family and friends returned from overseas to attend it although not everyone who attends is Anglo-Indian, but all are part of a tightly-knit community.
The Christmas Ball is more than just a fun party. Bradley Shope, Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University, published an insightful article in 2004, looking at how ballroom music popular amongst Anglo-Indians in 1930’s Lucknow, helped give the community a sense of identity and respectability while keeping alive their own art of celebration.
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