Showing posts with label festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label festival. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Udaipur World Music Festival 13th 14th Feb 2016
Udaipur World Music Festival 13th 14th Feb 2016
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??Seher who has introduced for the Indian public successful festivals such as Ananya , Bhakti Utsav, South Asian Bands Festival among many others, while promoting the traditional, Classical Arts and artists from across the diverse regions of India and the World. SEHER has also been part of the cultural events during VVIP visits to India, including the visits by US President Barack Obama and his entourage both in 2010 and in January 2015.
With the?? first ever World Music Festival, the aim is to establish an annual signature event in Rajasthan and at the same time establish Udaipur as a major destination for World Music in South Asia. An event of this scale is being designed to cater to the music lovers cutting across barriers of age and walks of life. To be conducted every year at the same time, the festival will feature unparalleled live performances with the city of lakes as a background and will celebrate cultural diversity at its best.
Festival Director Sanjeev Bhargava says, "A festival of this scale featuring such diverse music from so many different continents and regions coming together in one of the best Tourist destinations of India would make Udaipur a culturally vibrant destination. An annual event where International and domestic travelers can mark the dates on their yearly travel calendar.” Each of the two venues will showcase a different genre of music and is being specially designed to enhance the inherent beauty of the historic architecture and ambiance of Udaipur. In tune with how certain moods and music are associated with different times of the day, the festival will start with romantic treat during the laid back sunny afternoons, and will end with high energy youthful concerts in the evenings. It will be a truly enriching experience for the people of the city and the visiting tourists.
One of the most popular Fado singers from Portugal, Carminho who has captured the imagination of the West will be performing for the first time in India. Magical French composer Mathias Duplessy will collaborate with outstanding Rajasthani vocalist Mukhtiyar Ali from the semi-nomadic community called Mirasi from the Thar Desert. A world music festival will be incomplete without the magical Flamenco which is being represented by one of the best Flamenco groups TAMARA & FERNANDO. PASO A DOS from Spain. The evening will come alive with instrumental Spanish Flamenco guitar and dance performance and the unique African beat music by Dobet Gnahoré a Grammy award winner from the Ivory Coast. The evening will conclude with the one of the most popular Fusion Rock Bands of India - The Raghu Dixit Project.
Day 2 begins with a fusion of Sufi & Gospel music Sonam Kalra &The Sufi Gospel Project promises to hold the audience under a spell. Moroccan Saharian Soul- Oum, likes of whom have never been seen or heard in India , Afro Beat Venezuelan Cumbia -Family Atlantica from Venezeula & Ghana will be bringing beats from a distant land perhaps been featured in India for the first time . The Festival will conclude on a high note with Indian Rock Fusion Band: Papon and the East Indian Company.
With the?? first ever World Music Festival, the aim is to establish an annual signature event in Rajasthan and at the same time establish Udaipur as a major destination for World Music in South Asia. An event of this scale is being designed to cater to the music lovers cutting across barriers of age and walks of life. To be conducted every year at the same time, the festival will feature unparalleled live performances with the city of lakes as a background and will celebrate cultural diversity at its best.
Festival Director Sanjeev Bhargava says, "A festival of this scale featuring such diverse music from so many different continents and regions coming together in one of the best Tourist destinations of India would make Udaipur a culturally vibrant destination. An annual event where International and domestic travelers can mark the dates on their yearly travel calendar.” Each of the two venues will showcase a different genre of music and is being specially designed to enhance the inherent beauty of the historic architecture and ambiance of Udaipur. In tune with how certain moods and music are associated with different times of the day, the festival will start with romantic treat during the laid back sunny afternoons, and will end with high energy youthful concerts in the evenings. It will be a truly enriching experience for the people of the city and the visiting tourists.
One of the most popular Fado singers from Portugal, Carminho who has captured the imagination of the West will be performing for the first time in India. Magical French composer Mathias Duplessy will collaborate with outstanding Rajasthani vocalist Mukhtiyar Ali from the semi-nomadic community called Mirasi from the Thar Desert. A world music festival will be incomplete without the magical Flamenco which is being represented by one of the best Flamenco groups TAMARA & FERNANDO. PASO A DOS from Spain. The evening will come alive with instrumental Spanish Flamenco guitar and dance performance and the unique African beat music by Dobet Gnahoré a Grammy award winner from the Ivory Coast. The evening will conclude with the one of the most popular Fusion Rock Bands of India - The Raghu Dixit Project.
Day 2 begins with a fusion of Sufi & Gospel music Sonam Kalra &The Sufi Gospel Project promises to hold the audience under a spell. Moroccan Saharian Soul- Oum, likes of whom have never been seen or heard in India , Afro Beat Venezuelan Cumbia -Family Atlantica from Venezeula & Ghana will be bringing beats from a distant land perhaps been featured in India for the first time . The Festival will conclude on a high note with Indian Rock Fusion Band: Papon and the East Indian Company.
What: First Edition of ?The Udaipur World Music Festival
W?here: Fatehsagar Paal & Railway Training Institute Ground - Udaipur
When: 13th & 14th February 2016 (Saturday & Sunday)
Entry: Open to Public
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Saturday, April 8, 2017
The Grub Festival Entry to the biggest and most happening food and music event Book Now!
The Grub Festival Entry to the biggest and most happening food and music event Book Now!
Following an effective debut a year ago, Grub Fest is back once more hosting food lovers at two venues in the city and is outfitting to make its debut in Pune towards the month end. Grub Fest, a brainchild of foodies such as Aman Kumar, Arjun Jain, Chaitanya Mathur and Mani Singh is executing three fests - with the pilot launch at DLF CyberHub from March 3-5 with another idea called the Grub Mile that offered a preview of the Fest.
The celebration would make a beeline for its base Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium from March 18 to March 20 with an intend to showcase a greater, more delicious and exciting celebration in comparison to their first celebration held a year ago in April.
The celebration would see the involvement of best of restaurants, artists and chefs of the city with documentary screenings, talks by top food experts, cook offs for sprouting chefs, and an all new form of Grub Stories.
The organising team aim to host nourishment lovers, devotees and authorities of India and unite them on one sustenance, fun and amusement filled stage.
"We concentrate on showcasing new and up and coming cuisines, chefs and brands and allow to the foodies to appreciate the unique taste of Old Delhi. We plan to present new distinctive idea inside of the celebration," Chaitanya Mathur, fellow benefactor, Grub Fest said.
The coordinators plan to take the fest to different urban communities in the nation after the second season.
"We will be curating and arranging our April 2016-17 schedule. Arrangements are to take the celebration to urban areas such as Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chandigarh and abroad also," Aman Kumar, fellow benefactor, Grub Fest said.
More than 50 restaurants including Social, ATM-PCO, Indigo Deli, Flyp at MTV, Depot 29, No Filter, Big Fat Sandwich would be a part of the Fest.
Setting out on its nationwide journey, the Grub Fest likewise goes to Pune from March 25 to March 27 at Royal Palms in Koregaon Park.
"The city is extraordinary, its dynamic, heaps of understudies and adolescents. Along these lines we knew it would be an incredible idea to begin our all inclusive journey with Pune and acquaint the nourishment celebration scene with the exquisite Puneites," Kumar said.
Artists like Raghu Dixit, Vir Das, Nikhil Chinappa, Nucleya, Hari and Sukhmani would entrall the group of onlookers with live performances in Pune.
Date: 18th, 19th, 20th March 2016
Event Timings: 12 PM to 10 PM. Entry By Gate No 14
Unique experience: India’s first multi storied pop- up restaurant, Grub Stories
Ticket Amount: INR 250 (Ticket Valid on the date of event purchased for)
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017
CHHATH Puja Festival of the Sun God
CHHATH Puja Festival of the Sun God
Chhath is an antiquated Indian festival singularly committed to the God of Sun and Chhathi Maiya. This festival, that starts on October 27 in the not so distant future, is commended by all Hindus and particularly North Indians with energy and excitement. Individuals praise Chhath and offer appreciation to Surya Devta for gift life on earth and conceding wishes. Chhath Puja is carried on for four days and incorporates certain rituals like sacred bathing, fasting, offering prayers, and so forth. As indicated by the Hindu timetable, Chhath is praised on the sixth day of the month of Kartik (October).
On the festival of Chhath, individuals wake up ahead of schedule, scrub down in waterway Ganga and quick for the whole day. The female of the house plunges her feet in water and offers prayers to the climbing sun which is additionally called as aragh. Watching quick on this day is not in the least a simple undertaking. One needs to quick without water for around 36 hours, which is alongside incomprehensible. Caps off to all aficionados who watch and do this quick with full devotion.
Mythological legends about Chhath Puja
Draupadi and Pandavas
In Hindu religion, Chhath festival has more noteworthy criticalness and join with the most seasoned and aged Purohits who were asked for by the Kings to perform conventional puja of Lord Sun. amid those days, the Purohits droned the age-old Rigveda and songs. Chhath Puja amid more seasoned times was praised by Draupadi and Pandavas from the Mahabharata who recaptured their lost kingdom.
Lord Rama and Goddess Sita
It is said that the first Chhath Puja was begun by Surya Putra Karna, who was a bold warrior and managed over Anga Desh(bihar). An alternate history being that Chhath Puja is the untold story of Lord Rama. Master Rama and Goddess Sita had fasted and offered puja to the Lord Sun amid their royal celebration after they came back to Ayodhya.
Chhathi Maiya
The Goddess who is loved the most amid Chhath Puja is Chhathi Maiya. She is said to be the associate of Surya – Sun God. Lovers adore her with the goal that they can beat their issues and can get Moksha. Chhathi Maiya is otherwise called Usha, which implies the first beam of light amid the day. As indicated by the myth, Usha and Pratusha were the wives of Lord Sun and both are venerated alongside the Sun.
Advantage of Chhath Puja
1. In the wake of watching and performing Chhath Puja, one snatches control over the stream of prana and additions a ton of vitality and positive vibes. It keeps one solid as well as enhances the skin and visual perception. 2. The whole process helps in expanding insusceptibility and cures an assortment of contaminations through the radiation of the Sun.
3. Loving the Sun and remaining in water for the whole day serves to think and unwinds the spirit and the brain.
4. This procedure likewise helps in battling sicknesses and enhances the execution of WBC (white platelets).
5. Sun based vitality gives the body power and controls the emission of hormones.
Old rituals and conventions
Upon the arrival of Chhath Puja, the aficionado needs to wash up and needs to watch quick for four consistent days. One needs to perform this puja with full immaculateness and ought to give up all extravagant propensities. It is accepted that the family who performs Chhath Puja once needs to proceed with it for whatever is left of their lives and ought to likewise pass on the rituals to the cutting edge. Here are the rituals of Chhath Puja:1. The primary day of the Chhath Puja - Nahay khay - ought to begin with blessed bath and the aficionado needs to bring some measure of water at their home for advertising. The surroundings must be clean enough to perform the puja.
2. On the second day - Lohanda and Kharna - lovers watch quick for the whole day and specifically break quick at night after sunset. The sustenance arranged is then offered in the puja and at night again they begin fasting and that as well, without water for the following 36 hours.
3. The third day contains Sandhya and Arghya wherein the females wear sarees of turmeric shade and offer arghya on the waterway bank of Ganga. Further, the occasion of Kosi is praised by lighting lights or diyas under five sugarcane stays. This shows Panchatattva which contain five components of the human body.
4. The most recent day of Chhath - Usha Arghya – is the place aficionados offer Bihaniya Aragh on the waterway bank of Ganga alongside their crew. Whats more before the days over fans break their quick by expending prasad.
Prasad on Chhath Puja:
On the auspicious event of Chhath Puja, individuals plan prasad which they offer to Lord Sun. Enticing dishes are arranged on the first day, including kheer, theku, products of the soil. The nourishment ought to conceivably be cooked without salt, onion and garlic. The individual watching the quick needs to devour the supper once in a day that excessively which is cooked utilizing bronze or mango wood utensils. Happy Chhath Puja to everyone out there! Hope God grants the wishes of one and all with well-being, happiness and prosperity.
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Monday, March 20, 2017
Wolfgang Company Its Adventure in the Kitchen Grub Festival
Wolfgang Company Its Adventure in the Kitchen Grub Festival
The foodie in us had one of the most amazing weekends at the Grub Fest. Among other things, a major highlight for us was the Wolfgang & Company. Though yet to open in Outer Circle Connaught Place, the place was already buzzing with people and brimming with some scrumptious food. The stall displayed a part of the menu and believe you me, they have really set the standards high. Whether it is for the aesthetic sense or the quality of food or the vibe of the place, Wolfgang & Company has been successful in striking the right chord.
We were welcomed with some refreshing non-alcoholic shots. I totally loved them for the simple fact that such cute things on a hot summer evening are a great way to brighten you up. The chefs done a great job with the flavours. :)
Read the complete review here.
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