A Kaleidoscope of art forms!
About
the Kalaghoda Art Festival
1st to 9th Feb 2014 heralds the vibrancy, drama, exciting elements
and our colorful and beautiful culture. Kala Ghoda Arts Festival is known to give
you an experience filled with
kaleidoscope of music, dance, theatre, literature, street stalls, films,
workshops for adults and children, visual arts and heritage walks. Nine joyful
days to refresh your mind, stimulate your senses and a reason to feel exhilarated!
With an heart filled with excitement and time on my side I set out to be around town for this years Kalaghoda Art Festival as I always knew one should not give it a miss and I couldn’t afford to do the same. I was greeted with all impressive art installations at the entrance and through the passage I could see vibrant stalls all across selling bespoke clothes, stationery, books, wonderful home decor, paintings, environmental-friendly bags, decorative potteries and ornaments, and other artistic ensemble. On the opposite side there were some food stalls. Various companies like Hindustan Times, sports & commercials, banks made good use of this occasion to promote their brand by flashing their banner all across these stalls. “The waste management was very efficient at the venues, with dustbins and there were good mobile toilet facilities as well as enough police security to help facilitate in the smooth functioning of this event. Kalaghoda is a combination of literature, Music, art and creativity, culture including food, film , Lifestyle and shopping, and in an artistic way and an ethnic feel to it all, it gives out important messages [Like dont drink and drive, do not use mobile phone's while driving, Do not litter waste materials, Pollution control, The darkside of Rape and other crimes, AIDS awareness, and general role of Youth and about the future world that we foresee.etc] with a central reason to be a part of the cause to support building a better India.
This year a lot of creativity was shown, that which enriched
my mind with thoughts from literary greats, musicians ,workshops and
mind-blowing art forms.
And there were lot of things made with
packaging material, recycled plastics, cardboard, wood and other waste materials which was pretty impressive.Each time you look at them you say WOW!!! .
Encore : Rope
walker. He was really amazing and displayed some wonderful balancing act on the
rope. Farhan Akhtar performing Live. The skilful and dramatic rendition of Kathak dancers.
And there was this huge horse or rather, horses which had to be there to support the theme of the festival : KALAGHODA!!!
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