Acropolis Mall presented a unique mango festival, Mango Mania in association with t2, from June 29 to July 3. The festival generated a lot of interest, offering guests with an array of mouth-watering dishes made with mangoes.
The festival was inaugurated in the presence of Soumitra Ray, lead vocalist of Bhoomi and K. Vijayan, GM, Acropolis Mall. Children from Universal Smile, an NGO working with street children, participated in a delightful mango-eating competition. The kids were gifted stationery and essential food items on behalf of Merlin I am Kolkata , the CSR wing of Merlin Group.
The festival focused this year on self-help groups for women and farmer interest groups, who participated with a variety of food items such as mango squash, mango cakes and mango tea. Brands like Chaiolic and time-honoured sweet brand Nalin Chandra Das and Sons displayed the varieties of mango from Malda and sweets with mango as an ingredient.
Singer Soumitra Ray strikes a pose with the kids at the competition.
There were self-help groups such as Julie SHG, Apayan SHG and Dalia SHG, who produce healthy and hygienic products made by women who are below poverty line, focusing on skill development and training that helps them make a sustainable living out of their skills. A farmer interest group named Krishna FIG who deal in organic fruits and vegetables, showcased their mangoes.
The festival presented products ranging from mango squash, mango pickles, mango oil, aam kasundi, to mango dahi, mango chocolate, mango cake, mango sandwich, and mango tea. Desserts and sweets with slices of mango were there to satiate the guests’ mango cravings .
“This year our motto was to empower women who live below poverty line. We feel happy to accommodate the SHG group of women from North 24 Parganas as a part of this event. They make and sell organic and fresh products. I feel very happy that Acropolis with our partners has been able to provide our customers organic and fresh products straight from the mango orchards. We are also committed to the welfare of children in the field of education and health , that is in line with our corporate philosophy. We hope the children of Universal Smiles have enjoyed the day at our festival here,” said K. Vijayan GM, Acropolis Mall.
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