Bigger & better Orange City Craft Mela begins today
tnn | Jan 4, 2019, 03:48 ISTNagpur: The 26th edition of Orange City Craft Mela will begin from Friday at South Central Zone Cultural Centre. The 10-day festival will have a bigger and better look this year in terms of participants and selection of artistes and artisans.
Giving details of the festival to the media on Thursday, Deepak Khirwadkar, director of SCZCC, said, “This year 125 stall displaying art and handicrafts are being set up. More than then half of them are national and state awardees.” There will also be 30 food stalls serving food from different regions of India.
“The craft mela is a significant and much awaited event of the city and we are making all efforts to provide visitors an enjoyable experience,” Khirwadkar said while giving details of the decoration work underway. “This year our emphasis is also on cleanliness and garbage bins for wet and dry garbage will be placed all over the premises,” he added.
Folk dance presentations are a popular segment of the craft mela and this year 250 folk and tribal artistes will present different dance forms. “The performing art presentations will be held from 6.30pm onwards and for this the main stage has been designed aesthetically to look like a Rajasthani haveli,” Khirwadkar said. The main entrance gate of the centre is also being designed on the lines of front of a haveli and eco-friendly material is being used for making it.
For the first time a fashion show on the theme of ‘Regional Textiles of India’ will be presented by the department of fashion design, LAD College, on January 9. Another fashion show ‘Sari ek Dharohar’ will be presented by Somalwar Academy of Professional Studies on January 11. Noted dancer Kavita Thakur and her troupe will present a ballad on Swachh Bharat on January 12.
Also for the first time prizes have been instituted for the stall owners in the craft and food zones. “There will be three prizes given to stall owners for cleanliness, aesthetics and their behaviour with customers. This will encourage them to provide a healthy and satisfactory experience to visitors,” the director said.
The entry to the festival is Rs20 per person per day. The mela will be open from 2pm
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Giving details of the festival to the media on Thursday, Deepak Khirwadkar, director of SCZCC, said, “This year 125 stall displaying art and handicrafts are being set up. More than then half of them are national and state awardees.” There will also be 30 food stalls serving food from different regions of India.
“The craft mela is a significant and much awaited event of the city and we are making all efforts to provide visitors an enjoyable experience,” Khirwadkar said while giving details of the decoration work underway. “This year our emphasis is also on cleanliness and garbage bins for wet and dry garbage will be placed all over the premises,” he added.
Folk dance presentations are a popular segment of the craft mela and this year 250 folk and tribal artistes will present different dance forms. “The performing art presentations will be held from 6.30pm onwards and for this the main stage has been designed aesthetically to look like a Rajasthani haveli,” Khirwadkar said. The main entrance gate of the centre is also being designed on the lines of front of a haveli and eco-friendly material is being used for making it.
For the first time a fashion show on the theme of ‘Regional Textiles of India’ will be presented by the department of fashion design, LAD College, on January 9. Another fashion show ‘Sari ek Dharohar’ will be presented by Somalwar Academy of Professional Studies on January 11. Noted dancer Kavita Thakur and her troupe will present a ballad on Swachh Bharat on January 12.
Also for the first time prizes have been instituted for the stall owners in the craft and food zones. “There will be three prizes given to stall owners for cleanliness, aesthetics and their behaviour with customers. This will encourage them to provide a healthy and satisfactory experience to visitors,” the director said.
The entry to the festival is Rs20 per person per day. The mela will be open from 2pm
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