hyderabad the telugu community in london showcased the lambada dance at the diwali celebrations organized at trafalgar square on october 15 by the indian community the mayor of london sadiq khan who was present at the celebrations described the atmosphere as fantastic great to see londoners from all walks of life celebrating together he saiddiwali celebrations are being organized by the indian community at trafalgar square for the last 16 years but this is the first time that folk art identity of telugus was showcasedthe londonbased sanskruti centre presented the lambadi dance before thousands of people who took part in the celebrationsin their speeches khan the first person of asianorigin to become the mayor of london deputy mayor rajesh agarwal the first indian to hold the position high commissioner of india yk sinha chair of 2017 diwali in london committee highlighted how diwali brings communities togetherthe presentation of lambadi dance was also relevant as a cultural milestone as 2017 is being observed as the ukindia year of culture later in the evening lambada dance was the only dance showcased at the tattershall castle ship in addition to the peacock dance as the iconic londoneye changed lit up with the colours of the indian flagthe lambada dance was choreographed by hyderabadborn ragasudha vinjamuri the dancers included anashmita saha mona patel nalini bojja neelam agarwal rashmi lakahapate sushma awatani suvarchala madireddy and vishakha tokikar there were an estimated 30000 people who attended the event which is considered as one of the biggest not only in the uk but in the whole of europe