THE TIMES OF INDIA INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL 8th -10th August 2014, Jayamahal Palace, Bangalore

15K+ 18 National and International

Artists & their Troupes

People

2K+ Registrations

20 Different arts & crafts 100

Schools 8

Different Cuisines

Event Details

• 8th – 10th August 2014

• Inauguration on the evening of

8th August 2014

• Followed by two full days of

folk extravaganza

Location:

Serene and picturesque

lawns of the Jayamahal Palace Hotel

Located in the heart of Bangalore

Knowledge Partners

• Vikram Sampath – Vikram currently serves as the Executive Director of the Indira

Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), Govt of India, Southern Regional Centre

– He has established the Archive of Indian Music (AIM), the first digital sound archive for the country for gramophone recordings and is the Founder Director of the Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF)

• Nivedita Havanur Honnatti – Was heading the Bengaluru chapter of SPICMACAY (Society for the

Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth) for several years

– Has conceptualized and organized utsavs like annual Gurubhakti Utsavs in Mantralayam, a 9-day International Mahabharat Utsav in Bengaluru among others

ARTISTS & EVENT SCHEDULE

International Artists from Indonesia,

Srilanka, Norway

Local Artists representing folk forms

of Yakshagana, Dolu Kunita, Kamsale etc

National Artists from

Kerala, Gujarat, AndhraPradesh, Bhuj, Jodhpur, Maharashtra, Assam, West

Bengal

Bhaskara Kogga Kamath (Yakshagana Gombeyata)

Chandana Wickramasinghe (Sri Lankan Folk)

Mooralala Marwada (Seeking the Beloved)

Dr.Sonal Mansingh Jatin Goswami (Sattriya)

Kalamandalam Mohankrishnan Nair

(Ottan Thullal)

Pelangi Nusantara Dance

Sangeeta Katti Tarapada Rajak (Purulia Chau)

Uday Deshpande (Mallakhamb)

Unni Lovlid Warsi Brothers Wayang Ajen

ARTISTS

Chugge Khan Waee Singers – Mitha

Khan & Jan Mohammed

Itinerary Day 1

4.30 pm - 5 pm Performances by folk artistes of Karnataka

5 pm – 6pm o Festival inaugurated by Danceuse Dr.Sonal Mansingh

o Invocation by Sangeetha Katti

6 pm – 7pm From God’s Own Country: Ottan Thullal by Kalamandalam Mohanakrishnan Nair and

team

7 pm – 9pm Selamat Detang (Welcome from Indonesia): Indonesian folk dance

10:00 am -11:00 am Panel Discussion on the future of folk arts and folklore

Panelists - Dr. M D Muthukumarswamy, Dr. T N

Shankaranarayan, Smt Indira Balakrishna

Moderator: Smt Anupama Hoskere

11:00 am -12:15 pm “Mehfil-e-Sama” Sufiana Qawwali by Warsi Brothers

12:15 pm -12:45 pm Screening of IGNCA documentary film ‘The Story of Rama’-

the mythological and linguistic nuances of the Ramlila at

Ayodhya as a blend of Braj, Madhubani region and Avadhi

dialects

12.45 pm -1.15 pm Special Talk by Dr Chandrasekhar B Kambar

1.15 pm -1.45 pm Performance by TIMES NIE Interschool Dance Competetion

Qualifiers in Stage 2

1.45 pm -2.00 pm Lunch

Itinerary Day 2

Contd..

2:00 pm -3:30 pm ‘The dance of the Yaksha Dolls’ :Yakshagana

Gombeyaata (Indian puppetry from Karnataka) by

Bhaskar Kogga Kamath & team

3:30 pm -4:45 pm ‘Atop the pole:’ Mallakhamb, martial folk art from

Maharashtra by Uday Deshpande & team

4:45 pm - 6:30 pm ‘Wonders of Asia’: Sri Lankan folk dance by Chandana

Wickramasinghe & team, Dancers' Guild of Sri Lanka.

6:45 pm - 9:00 pm ‘When the Gods Meet’: an exquisite Indic-Greek

production by Dr. Sonal Mansingh and team

In addition to the above, special performances and competitions from schools all over the city were conducted in association with Times NIE Student edition of The Times of India in an attempt to create interest and build a future for our dying folk forms.

10:00 am -11:30

am

‘Slaying the Demon: Mahishasura Badha’: Purulia Chau dance by

Tarapada Rajak & team

11:30 am -1:00 pm “Get Mesmerized” Norwegian solo opera by Unni Lovlid

1.00 pm -1.15 pm TIMES FOUNDATION presents a special performance by Sunadha group -

Samarthanam (Visually & Hearing Impaired students) in Stage 2

1:15 pm -2:00 pm Lunch

2:00 pm - 3:15 pm Eastern Rhythms - Sattriya folk dance by Jatin Goswami & team

3:15 pm -5:15 pm ‘Seeking the beloved”: Love, longing and mysticism: Waee Singers,

Mooralala Marwada, Shabnam Virmani and Vipul Rikhi.

5:15 pm -7:00 pm ‘Silently the Shadows Speak’: Indonesian puppetry by Wawan Gunawan

& team

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ‘Desert Echoes’: Rajasthan Josh by Chugge Khan & team

Itinerary Day 3

Sponsors / Partners

Outdoor Partner

Radio Partner

Television Partners

Supported by

Co-Sponsors

Nolte

Titan SBI

Title Sponsor

Hebron Properties Fever 104 fm

Jagran Engage Times NIE

Other Sponsors

Sikkim Manipal Times Foundation

Auditions

• Over 100 schools participated in the auditions. The top 6 teams got an opportunity to perform at the main event

• The event was held on Aug 2nd at Bethany

School, Koramangala,Bangalore

Entrance

Welcome Arch

STAGE 1

Stage 2 Red carpet

Art & crafts stalls Food Stalls

Decor

EXHIBITION Phulkari and Gond Paintings (IGNCA)

Guests at the Inauguration

• His Highness Adiguno Natadiningrat Mohammad Mas’ud Thoyib (Prince of Palembang Darussalam, Indonesia)

• His Excellency Hariyanta Soetarto, Consulate General of Indonesia

• Padma Vibhushan Dr Sonal Mansingh

• Ms Shalini Rajneesh, Principal Secretary, Kannada and Culture department

• Mr Preenand Premacharan, CEO, Hebron Properties Private Limited

• Festival Directors Vikram Sampath and Nivedita Havanur Honnatti

Inauguration

Performances

OTTAN THULLAL INDONESIAN BALLET

PANEL DISCUSSION DR. CHANDRA SHEKHAR KAMBAR

WARSI BROTHERS YAKSHAGANA GOMBEYATA

MALLAKHAMB

SRILANKAN FOLK

DR.SONAL MANSINGH – presented a unique Indic Greek

Production at the festival

PURULIA CHAU UNNI LOVLID

SATRIYA DANCE INDONESIAN PUPPETRY

MOORLALA MARWADA “SEEKING THE BELOVED”

RAJASTHAN JOSH

YAKSHAGANA

KAMSALE

DOLU KUNITA

Special Focus on Karnataka Folk

Carnival Parade – Times NIE

Dance Performances - Times NIE

Times Foundation

Performance by the visually impaired students of Sunadha Group

Art & Craft stalls

Sl no Stalls Names

1 Jewellery display and making, terracota, stones and beads, pearl and flower torana.

2 Ganjifa paintings

3 Rajasthan, Jaipur handicrafts

4 Chennapattana toys with big cradle and demo by artisans

5 Orisa handicrafts including pattachitra in bottle, palm leaf engraving, and embossing with demo by artisans

6 Surpur miniature paintings from Vijayanagar era, Hampi with demo by the artist.

7 Phulkari Work stall

8 Chittara, typical rural activity with mud and dry grass, wood work, jondu handicrafts, and cane work all with demo

9 Lambani crafts done by Lambani women (Gypsies of India and descendents of Romani tribe of ancient Europe).

10 Pottery with wheel demo and finished works

11 IGNCA Stall - CDS

12 Bheemstyx - All-purpose sticks

13 Chumthang Crafts Colours of North East -

14 Santripti Brass Artifacts and Home Décor - Flee stall

15 ARBUDDA ART - Flee stall

16 Zilpakala - Flee stall

17 Fatherland the Indian revival – Flee stall

18 CWC -

Arts and Crafts

Food stalls KAAYAL – Kerala Cuisine

JUICY MOMOS – Momos from North East

GANGOTRI – Chats

ACHAR CATERERS – South Indian Cuisine

PISTA HOUSE – Hyderabad Biryani

NH8 – Rajasthani Cuisine

CHAI POINT – Chai from India

KULFI

AUDIENCE