Ramanaya stilt walker talking to child with yellow balloon at Roman Road Festival

Ramanaya stilt walker talking to child with yellow balloon - Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Roman Road Festival Eid Party & Sunday Market [photoessay]

8 August 201525 February 2022 Tabitha Stapely Photoessays

For the first time ever the Roman Road car park was brought to life with an Eid Party and Sunday craft market as part of Roman Road Summer Festival 2015. Food producers, designer-makers and artists sold locally-made produce, arts and crafts; the craft tent entertained children with face painting, cookie decorating and henna art; there was magic, Bollywood dancing, Bangladeshi folk dancing at the Teeny Tiny Theatre, and festival goers lunched on halal world food from Sri Lanka, Malaysia, India and New York.

Bangladeshi dance troupe Tridhara in brightly coloured folk costumes at Roman Road Festival — Tridhara Bangladeshi dance troupe hanging out with the DJ – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Red velvet cake with butter icing at Roman Road Festival — Red velvet cake – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Fresh local produce at the Roman Road Food Assembly stall at Roman Road Festival — Fresh local produce at the Roman Road Food Assembly stall – Roman Road Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Traditional Bollywood dancers and drummer at Roman Road Festival — The Bollywood Co dancers and drummer – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Food Assembly Poster explaining how it works — Food Assembly Poster – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

A tower of cheese wheels at Roman Road Festival Food Assembly stall — Towering cheese balls! – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Cid Shaha stiltwalker at Teeny Tiny Theatre Roman Road Festival Eid Party — Cid Shaha towering above our Eid Party – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Black board painted sign showing what's on at Roman Road Festival Eid Party — Signage of what’s on at Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Man wearing Tshirt saying Halal Meat — Even the hotdogs were halal from Big Apple Hot Dogs

Craft corner tent, with face painting and cookie decoration, at Roman Road Festival — Craft corner with face painting and biscuit decoration – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Talking at Roman Road Festival about disappearing pubs in East End of London — Talking about disappearing pubs in East End – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Jewellery stand at Roman Road Festival — Local jewellery maker Virginia the Wolf – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Market stand selling local art and prints at Roman Road Festival — Local East London art – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Roman Road Summer Festival printed programme, green and yellow — Roman Road Summer Festival programme – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Red RoRdLDN shopping tote at Roman Road Festival — RoRd shopping tote – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Afro Caribbean woman selling jars of chutney at Roman Road Festival — Proud to be selling at Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Cake stand with mini cupcakes at Roman Road Festival — Mini cupcakes! – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Asian boy with dinasaur face painting at Roman Road Festival — I am a dinasaur! – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Bollywood dancers at Roman Road Festival Teeny Tiny Theatre — Showmi Das and her Tridhara dance troupe – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Piles of bread at market stall, Roman Road Festival — The White Hat Bakery food stand – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Homemade Love Jam jam jars for sale at festival market — Homemade local jam – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Bars of handmade local chocolate gifts at Roman Road Festival — Bars of handmade local chocolate – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Made in E3 and Bow Baby bibs for sale at Roman Road Festival — Made in E3 and Bow Baby bibs – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Number 8 bus Roman Road print — Roman Road No8 bus print – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Cake on a stand with rainbow layers and butter icing — Rainbow cake – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Children at the outdoor Teeny Tiny Theatre doing Bollywood moves at Roman Road Festival — Bollywood dancing workshop – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Crowds getting food at Roman Road Festival — Food court – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Chelsea Buns in a basket at Roman Road Festival — Who doesn’t love a sticky Chelsea Bun? Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

DJ Ritu and Sam from Radiance at the DJ boothDJ Ritu and Sam from Radiance at the DJ booth

Bollywood dancers in green skirts and yellow tops at Roman Road Festival — The Bollywood Co dancers taking a lunch break from their performances – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Market stalls at Roman Road Festival — Market stalls – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Indian stilt walkers getting prepared and putting on costumes — Cid Shaha stilt walker getting ready – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Roman Road Festival organisers team shot — Roman Road Festival organisers – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Painted wooden sign for Sri Lankan street food, Kothu Kothu — Kothu Kothu Sri Lankan street food – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Magician on red carpet with children holding up hands, village fete bunting — Magician on the red carpet – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Bollywood dancers and drummer in courtyard — The Bollywood Co in the preparing at 504 Gallery – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Food stall with marinated curry meat — Tasty spicy food – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Bollywood dancing against red velvet at the Teeny Tiny Theatre for Roman Road Festival — The Bollwood Company – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Black cab for Where's My Boozer Gone? East End campagin — The Where’s My Boozer Gone? black cab – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Craft table, face painting, cookie decoration, bunting, fete — Craft corner at Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

Asian girl with face painting of purple butterfuly — Face painting at Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography

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