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New Delhi : The Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu will inaugurate the first International Kala Mela in New Delhi on February 4, 2018. The Minister of State for Culture (Independent Charge) and Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Mahesh Sharma will also grace the occasion.
Lalit Kala Akademi, a premier institution for the promotion of Art and Culture, is organizing an International Kala Mela (Arts Festival) wherein artists and groups can showcase their art works from February 4 to February 18, 2018, from 12pm to 8pm daily, at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi. The inauguration will be followed by Folk Dance by Karunadasa Olaboduwa Dance Troupe, Srilanka,‘Sargam’ Kathak Recital by Pandit Harish Gangani’s Team, India, according to a PIB release.
During the Kala Mela, different art workshops and activities like Visual Art Film Festival, Pottery/Pattachitra/Paper Mache workshops, Best from waste workshop, Musical performances, Dance Dramas, Violin making workshop by Sveceny, Czechia, Artist Gup Shup Point, Nukkad Natak, and Live performance.
International performances like Violin by Nuno Flores, Portugal, The Troth – Usne Kaha Tha A Story of Love and sacrifice in World War I, by Akademi South Asian Dance, UK, Violin by Jaroslav Sveceny Czechia, Yakshangana by Devika Rao, UK, Paino by Nobert Kale, Hungary, and Yaa Devi by Devika Dance Theatre, UK, will be taking place for the artists and art lovers. This is for the first time that the Akademi has planned the International Kala Mela on such a large scale.
More than 800 artists from all across the country are participating in the event. Many Embassies and Cultural Centres are participating making this festival an International success. Some of the countries taking part in the Mela are China, Venezuela, Peru, Portugal, Srilanka, Poland, Tunisia, Mexico, Bangladesh, Trinidad, Tobago, Fiji, France, Papua New Guinea, Czechia, UK, Spain and Brazil. There are around 325 stalls for Indian artists and organizations including International representations.