The Pink City Festival brings artisans and artists under one roof

Pink city’s

Jawahar Kala Kendra

is witnessing a confluence of art and artisans as it hosts The Pink City Festival. The fest was inaugurated by

Dr BD Kalla

Minister of Art and Culture Government of Rajasthan. Director General, JKK,

Kiran Soni Gupta

and Additional Director General (Technical), Furqan Khan were also present.

The inauguration was followed by a special performance by the

‘Manganiyaar Symphony’

presented by Mushtaq Khan. The symphony rendered the popular Rajasthani folk music, ‘Nimbooda Nimbooda’ and ‘Kesariya Hazari Gul Ro Phool’. The artistes of the symphony included – Nisar, Ashraf, Saleem (Vocals); Swaroop (Dholak), Aladdin (Veena), Dilawar and Manzoor (Khartal); Nizam (Algoza); Majid (Murli); Ghevar (Morchang); Hussain (Sarangi); Tayam (Dhol); Khaiti (Cheep) and Bhura (Matka). The audience also enjoyed traditional dances and music of Rajasthan like – Chakri, Teratali, Bhavai, Ghoomar, Bhapang as well as Kaalbeliya.

The afternoons at JKK were filled with folk art performances from various parts of the State. The audience enjoyed puppet show with wooden puppets dressed in bright and colourful attires. ‘Behroopiya’ presented young men dressed up as mythological characters like Krishna, Shiva and Hunter. Magic came alive at the festival with a magician performing entertaining illusions for the visitors. Mellifluous Algoja performance presented by folk musician, Banwari Lal was a retreat into the rhythms of Rajasthani classical tunes. The folk singers of Rajasthan presented ‘Bhopa Gayan’. Another major attraction of the festival was ‘Kacchi Ghodi’ – a unique dance form wherein men dressed in radiant costumes danced to the tunes.