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The Mewar
festival
March-April is the ceremonial welcome to spring and is
dedicated to goddess parvati. A procession of colourfully
attired women women, carrying images of the goddess to the
Gangaur Ghat of the Lake Pichhola is the major highlight
songs dances and firework displayas mark the festivals.
Gangaur Festival
March-April is popular among women who pray to the goddess
Parvati. A procession caparisoned horses and elephants
accompanying the image of Lord Shiva is the major
attraction. Teej in july-Agust is the festival celebrating
th advent of monsoon.
Shilpgram
Festival
Situated 3 kms west of Udaipur near the Havala village is
the Centre's Shilpgram - the Rural Arts and Crafts Complex.
Spread over an undulating terrain of 130 bighas (70 Acres)
of land and surrounded by the Aravallies, the Rural Arts and
Crafts Complex is conceived as a living enthnographic museum
to depict the lifestyles of the folk and tribal people of
the West Zone. Within this complex, huts of the member
states are constructed incorporating traditional
architectural features of different geographical and ethnic
groups residing within the West Zone of India comprising of
five Federal States.In this integrated pattern are 5 huts
from Rajasthan, representing weaver's community from Marwar.
There are 2 huts named after the two sand bound villages of
Rama and Sam from the desert region of western Rajasthan.
From the hilly region of Mewar, is a potter's hut from the
village Dhol, 70 kms west of Udaipur. Two huts represent the
tribal farmer communities of the Bhil and the Sehariyas of
the Southern regions of Rajasthan.
There are 7 representative huts from the state of Gujarat. A
cluster of six huts from Banni area and one from Bhujodi
have been selected from the arid wastelands of Kutch. the
Banni cluster consists of two huts each of the Rebari,
Harijan and Muslim communities famous for their weaving,
embroidery, bead & mirrorwork, wood work and rogar work.
Equally well known for its valiant horses, Lambdia village
near Poshina in North Gujarat is represented with a potter's
hut. Adjoining to the Lambdia potter's workshop at the
Shilpgram is the weaver's hut from Vasedi village in Chota
Udaipur area in western Gujarat. Two huts represent the Dang
and Rathwa tribal farmer communities of southern Gujarat. In
addition to these, there is an ornately carved wooden house
from Pethapur near Gandhinagar. |
