Colourful and cultural folk dances, drama and music on day two of Pink City Festival

The second day of the ongoing 10-day

Pink City Festival

witnessed a melange of colourful and cultural folk dances, drama and music performances at Shilpgram,

Jawahar Kala Kendra

(JKK). The visitors also had the chance to learn about the various handicrafts of Rajasthan like handmade leather items and traditional block printing.

Artists performing

Deru dance

, quite popular in western Rajasthan (Shalini Maheshwari/BCCL)
The evening witnessed the charm of the old folk art of ‘Rammat’ Bikaner. The performance showcased glimpses of the royal court of Nagaur’s Amar Singh Rathore. Following, the festival reverberated with the powerful beats of a nagada ensemble by Gopal Singh from Jaipur. After this 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 audience also enjoyed traditional dances and music of Rajasthan like Deru by Ladu Ram from Churu, Gair by Paras from Barmer, Mayur by Ashok from Deeg, Bhawai by Prem Prakash from Udaipur and Bhapang by Yusuf from Alwar.

Mayur dance

is mainly popular in east Rajasthan, specially in Barasana area near to Braj
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.