Ashburton Courier: February 20, 2020

Page 14, Ashburton's The Courier, Thursday February 20, 2020
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Festival of colour draws crowd
Ashburton’s second Holi festival
was acolourful celebration
on Saturday.
Held in the Ashburton
Domain, the family­focused
event celebrated Holi, the
Hindu Festival of Colour.
The cultural event drew a
decent crowd and featured the
fun ritual of throwing coloured
powders over each other.
As well as colour, the celebration
featured Indian curries
and snacks, music and henna
design.
Holi has various legends
associated with it and celebrates
the victory of good over
evil. The Ashburton event was
co­ordinated bythe Ashburton
IndianMulticultural Charitable
Trust.
Right: Enjoying the Holi
celebration on Saturday
were (from left) Thelma Bell,
event co-ordinator Rohini
Sukul and Elena Comaglen
from Turangi.
Old information centre needs taking away
The Ashburton District Council
is looking for someone to
pick up its old information
centre building and take it
away for anew life.
Expressions of interest are
being sought for the building,
which is about 15 years old and
previously used by the iSITE
and Experience Mid Canterbury.
The council hopes aperson,
group or business would buy
the building and relocate it.
The building, nestled in
trees on the East Street green
by the chessboard, sits on a
concrete slab. The new owners
would have to cut internal
walls to lift it off and move it.
Expressions of interest are
being accepted until March 9.
Interested people don't have to
have afull plan for what they
want to do with the building,
but they do need to register.
Council would weigh the
tender options and the building
moved before contractors
working on the revitalisation of
the CBD reached East Street
next year.
Newand pre-lovedCars,
Utes &SUV’s arriving daily
Style guru Bibi
on mission here
AChristchurch stylist with
abig fan club in
Ashburton is coming to
town for aone­day
workshop.
Bibi Maber says so
many women don’t
understand what ahuge
role colours and shapes
play in how they look and
feel every day.
‘‘Every day we make the
decision to get dressed.
When we put something
on that makes us feel
good, confident and
comfortable in our own
skin, it improves our
mindset and helps us
approach the day with a
positive outlook.’’
Bibi has been winning
fans in Mid Canterbury
since starring as aguest
speaker at Ruralco’s
ladies night last October.
She is aregular
contributor to the
wellbeing section of their
Real Farmer magazine.
She says acommon
challenge is people not
wanting to buy new
clothes or focus on their
style until they lose five
kilograms. Other common
themes were buying items
that looked good on a
mannikin or online, but
then realising they didn’t
suit their lifestyle or body
shape. ‘‘The clothing often
gets hung up, tags still on,
at the back of the
wardrobe.’’
Other women were too
used to putting everyone
before them and thinking
they were not yet worth
the financial and
emotional investment.
Bibi has been through a
style transformation
herself. She spent most of
her adult life working in
administrative roles in the
corporate world but the
work wasn’t satisfying.
In 2006, in Canada, she
signed up for an image
consulting course, lost
52kgs and made some
significant life changes.
Later she moved to New
Zealand and 18 months
ago decided to start her
own style business.
Her goal is to help men
and women create their
own unique style.
Bibi’s workshop in
Ashburton is on March
14; it incorporates four
sessions and lunch.
Details are online at
studiobibi.co.nz.
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