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It’s Time to See Light in the Right Light

New Delhi, February 22, 2008: Jaquar, the name with a brand extends its market presence and product offerings across Decorative Lightings – from entry-level to premium lights. And now Jaquar wants to change the way you look at lights with its Concept Lighting.

In the 4-days exhibition starting today at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, Jaquar is all set to introduce their new brands of world lighting. All in a plan to make wonders in lighting technology, Jaquar Lighting Division has associated with three world-leading lighting brands namely: Strass, Crystals from Swarovski (Austria), Artemide (Italy), and Holtkotter (Germany). In the exhibition, Jaquar is presenting with its ultra-modern designs and amazing aesthetic virtues. Mr. Rajesh Mehra, Director – Marketing, Jaquar & Co. Ltd. has asserted that the company will pay equal attention to this lighting division as was in bath fitting. He said, “As we have been a leader in bath fitting accessories so we will also be a leader in lighting industry.”

According to Mr. Alessandro Paolini, Director, Artemide, the world renowned Light can be gentle, dreamlike, bare, living, misty, clear, spring-like, straight, sensual, calm, limited or soft. Artemide group is one of the world leaders in the sector of high end residential and professional illumination. The group has a structure of different production plants that guarantees the highest quality level.

While, STRASS® has a range of lighting which can scintillate beyond doubt. The brand has a unique outcome of superb design, sturdy frames, perfect pinnings and absolutely the finest crystals. These world-renowned

crystals from Swarovski are a captivating expression of ethereal beauty. Only STRASS® crystals come in as many as eight brilliant colours and in a wide range of sizes and shapes. Perfect in their clarity and radiance, STRASS® crystals catch even the finest ray of light, bringing the magic of brilliant colours into each room.

Apart from these two brands with which Jaquar has partnered, Holtkotter is a renowned and internationally acclaimed lighting products company that has been manufacturing chandeliers and lamps in Germany for more than 45 years. The brand designs its own fixtures and manufacturing from the raw metal to the finished product, resulting in chandeliers and lamps of lasting quality.

I am dreaming of a tropical Christmas

Being a predominantly Christian country Christmas is a big occasion in the Philippines. It is also still a religious occasion, which of course it should be. Only a tiny percentage of people can afford gifts, so the emphasis is on family holidays, time together, and for many going to church. Very few families have anything special for Christmas lunch they just don’t have the money. They do make up for it, though, as Filipinos certainly know how to enjoy themselves.

Despite the lack of money in most families, Christmas starts early in the stores, around August. One thing they go in for in a big way here is Christmas lights. Sometimes even the poorest homes will be adorned with fairy lights, some having quite spectacular displays. Even in early November last year, as I travelled back from the jungle’s edge about 90km south, it was quite magical to see the Christmas lights as we got near the city.

My first Christmas in the country was memorable. I was invited to a girlfriend’s house Christmas Eve, a very poor but very friendly neighbourhood with mostly small timber houses cramped next to each other intimate to say the least. Outside in the garden there were lights everywhere, set up for the party that would last all evening and into the night. I remember sitting there as they got everything organised around me, how magical and special it all was. Just a few months earlier I had been a resident in England and had only experienced Christmas in England. Now, I was sitting outside on a hot Christmas Eve, the sound of tropical insects a prelude to the modern disco music that was to follow later. I loved it.

As with most occasions in the Philippines, there were lots of children. Neighbours came and went, people moved from one party to another, and there was a constant flow of people and especially children. Children’s games were followed later by adult versions of children’s games, most of which have come from Western influence, but Filipinos always put their own stamp on the foreign habits they adopt. Alcohol would not have been a part of the occasion, but the adults were delighted when I offered to buy beer and rum.

At midnight, I was advised to go inside. I soon saw why. All hell broke loose with fireworks as midnight approached, exploding from every tightly packed, confined little garden in the neighbourhood. Fireworks that would have been banned in the UK, but I have to admit they were very loud and impressive. I was amazed, as nobody had warned me of this tradition beforehand.

Now, all my Christmases are tropical, and very different from those in England. I sometimes wonder how much Christmas would change here if it ever became a wealthy country. The major differences between here and England are the profligate spending and materialism in England, and the normal subdued spending in the Philippines. Yet, it is the Filipinos who seem more able to enjoy it that the English.

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