Festival highlights 2008

Inside OUT, Outside IN - 25th-29th March 08 - Museum Hall, Birla Auditorium -
specially commissioned contemporary art exhibition on Jaipur/ Rajasthan

Chowkdi Modikhana Heritage Walk - 25th-30th March 08 - From New Gate To Rajasthan School Of Arts -
A walk through the old city; the best possible way to observe our rich heritage and take a closer look at the city’s architecture, its art and its culture and traditions.

Sirocco Music - 26th March 08 - Diwan-i-am, Amber Fort -
Australia's flagship folk music group plays an array of indigenous and world music rhythms, including foot tapping dance numbers and experimental pieces with our folk musicians

Nahid Siddiqui - 27th March 08 - Diwan-i-am, Amber Fort -
(Pakistan/UK) - One of the world's most respected Kathak choreographer and dancer, performs her own creation at Amber Fort, a setting unsurpassed in its grandeur

Kavi Sammelan - 28th March 08 - Jawahar Kala Kendra -
An evening of poetry to bring out the festivity and colors of holi with a little dose of laughter. Poets from Rajasthan and elsewhere perform, in Rajasthani and Hindi

Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar - 28th March 08 - Govindev ji ka Mandir (Behind City Palace) -
creates a popular mood with ‘Rang’, a brilliant Dhrupad recital.

Gali baazi - 29th March 08 - Khunteton Ka Rasta, Kishanpol Bazaar (Chowkri Topkhanadesh) -
Gali-baazi, where verbal repartee and wit flash in local slang for those hanging around street corners and paan shops – a street corner performance tradition unique to Jaipur.

Bhawani Shanker - 29th March 08 - Diwan-i-am, Amber Fort -
The world finest Pakhawaj exponent (from Shekawati) creates a rhythm circle par excellence with percussionists from North and South India