JVF presents a special event for our young friends – a variety of folk forms from across Rajasthan. Mainly, the Bhauroopiya -‘Bhau’ stands for many and ‘roop’ for appearance - one who entertains people by putting on many guises. The artists uncannily imitate numerous other ‘personalities’, complete in manner, speech, gait, foible etc. right up to the last detail.

Other performances for children will include those by Nats (and jugglers), professional acrobats, dancers and singers; Kachhi Ghodi - dances of the false horse riders; Bhopa - sacred musicians singing devotional songs and reciting stories from intricate Phad scrolls about the life of Lord Pabu, accompanied by their instrument, the Rawanhattha and Kathputli – puppet theatre.

DA MOTUS! questions the very relationship human beings have with the spaces they live in. The performance often results in the audience becoming judgemental about their existence in a surrounding that is self created. The costumes worn by the performance dancers are thought provoking. Is this our future?

DA MOTUS cannot be defined as theatre, neither as dance, nor as any conventional form of body art. They are different and constantly surprise their audiences. Their performances are eclectic and stand out for their vivid creativity and are known for their constant search of artistic renewal, enriched by a subtle ability to play with the circumstances, on stage as well as out-door. Da Motus! performs ‘en vie ... en ville’ (French for ‘alive… in town’) and has touches of fancy, poetry that bringing colour into the grey night sky...

In collaboration with Pro Helvetia & Canton of Fribourg

There is life in water. This is the base for the dance ‘Raswarti’. Life of water has been depicted in the form of the River Ganges because its water is considered to be the purest and full of ‘all good things’.

When the water comes down to the Earth, it is ‘Shringaar Ras’; as it moves to prayag and mingles with the Yamuna and Saraswati, it is ‘Hasya Ras’; as it waters the fields, it is ‘Vatsalya Ras; when the crops feel happy about it, it is ‘Adbhut Ras’; the hurt that the Ganges feels because of the way it has been dirtied is ‘Raudra and Bhayanak Ras’; and when the Ganges meets with the sea, it is ‘Shant Ras’.

In collaboration with Jaipur Kathak Kendra

Pandit Bhawani Shanker is the most well known Pakhawaj player in the world today, considered to be its best exponent. He is widely known for his unparalleled rhythms, control and dexterity. He is also recognized as a composer in his own right and has produced. numerous.CDs on rhythm and Rajasthani folk music, as well as having composed for the Indian film industry.

In the last few years he has made his mark as a prolific composer for films and experimental fusion projects, his mesmerising performances with 'Shakti', alongside Zakir Hussain and John McLaughlin, have made him one of the most sought after percussionists in the world.

Originally from Bidasar, Bhawaniji brings his traditional folk sensibility to a sensational combination of instruments such as the Ghatam (south) and the Tabla (north) in a ‘Taal Kacheri’ that promises to be both explosive and soulful.

Galibazi is a very old art form (first mentioned in Tulsidas’s Ramcharitra Manas) widely used as a medium for social reform. The Jaipur form of Gali Baazi is called “Dhudhadi” and it involves profound words being lashed out in sync with music, primarily for social awareness.

GaliBazi is a form predicated on the assumption that a party in the wrong will always know that he/ she is wrong. But the way by which the wrong doings are brought out, the perpetrators would never know that they were being talked about.

Galibazi is not a medium to insult society, people or organizations, but an organic, home-grown style in which the performers speak and sing - not high pitched, but full of sarcasm, satire and humor. To this day, it is not uncommon to find singers of this art form gathering within a crowd at any given time, late at night and having competitions among professional and amateur Gali Baazi groups.

The four groups participating are Shri Gaur Vipra Lokgeet Sansthan, Shri Tarkeshwar Lokgeet Sansthan, Shri Barah Bhai Lokgeet Sansthan and Shri Kalyan Lokgeet Sansthan. All these Lokgeet Sansthans are from Jaipur.