The Shekhawati
UtsavMomasaris held in Momasar, a picturesque
village town in the Shekhawati region, Rajasthan. Each year the village around
the time of Diwali hosts the extraordinary music and arts festival, attracting
thousands of people who crowd the streets, milling between the open-air stages
and Havelis. This festival brings together over 200 folk artists and artisans
from across seven cultural regions in Rajasthan. The objective of the festival is
to conserve the indigenous music and craft forms of Rajasthan and give the
artists national& global exposure and opportunities for sustained employment and income generation for them. The concerts, congregations, and exhibitions are
organized at unpretentious venues – a haveli (traditional mansion), an old
temple of village deity and an open field next to a johad(traditional
water harvesting structure). Celebrations flow through the streets and narrow
by-lanes of the entire town. The festival is so structured that visitors mingle
freely with artists and local residents, enriching experience for all of
them. Visitors are able to take a deep dive into these traditional art forms
through intense interactions with the artists.
Come,
witness the unseen and experience the unalloyed
traditions of this small but rich land!
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