At a glance :
Festival of : Crafts and arts
Region : Maharashtra, from the Aurangabad, it is around twenty two kilometers
Open on : Month of November - January, each Sunday
Days of Festival : 5 days festival, from ten o'clock to nine o'clock.
This festival is all about enjoying the crafts and arts. Kala Ghoda festival is organized on each Sunday of month November - January. In Mumbai, this festival is held; the location is near the Jehangir Art Gallery. It is very much unique festival, which showcase the interesting and modern art talents. It is great platform to get together the dynamic work or art of the artistes of different fields, like dance, music, film and theatre. It also includes the interactive art of Mumbai and for the Mumbaites. This festival's association was started in the year of nineteen eighty eight, their aim was to develop the earlier infrastructure of area where their festival always held and give it a very different and noticeable identity as an essential part of the Mumbai. Their fair is also organized to spread the expressive art to everywhere in the Mumbai. There is area which ahs been transformed into the Pedestrian Plaza, here you can experience a rare scenery to your eyes. While walking in the fair, you will get to see various designed kiosks, your eyes will get the treat of colorful portraits, which has created image through his artistic hands and thoughts, you will see the art of clay; various types artistic pots made lively by artistic, will get to see the Indian traditional art on your palm, of cool mehndi and you can also décor yourself through the delightful bangles.
In the Kala Ghoda festival, it would be your golden chance, because you will see the various historical art forms which had been carried forward from one generation to another generation, through their willing of work, you will feel that they are born only to spread their art everywhere. While walking near by the Music and book shop, you will see the speaking parrot which will open your future, see the magician, which will stop you breath, see puppeteer or leafy boughs.
Kala Ghoda festival is not making your eyes happy but it also make your tongue and soul happy though serving the various delicious Maharashtra cuisines. It offers you a traditional Mumbai's Parsi religion breakfast or else you can visit the popular Mueller Bhavan. You will come to know the history of Indian award winning films, which will work as dessert over your meal. When shadows starts increasing in the pleasant evening, means this a time when refresh your self and get ready for the dazzling night of dance performances which shows the folk dances perform by the local folk dancers and singers, musicians. If you feel to see the venues then there is NGMA National Gallery of Modern Art and there is one more historical architecture which called Jehangir Art Gallery all this you will find within the Kala Ghoda area. In the Kala Ghoda Festival, you will get to see the nice blend of sounds, beat, rural areas love, sights, rhythm. After full of art day, when twinkle starts getting blink, then this a time to return back to the home. |