Harikatha Festival
The Harikatha Festival (Curated by Srivatsa Shandilya) The Art of Traditional Oral Storytelling from all over India
STRI Sanskriti Mathosav 2019 an annual all women arts festival ( 5th Edition ) KATHA KUTHULA from MARCH 27th-29th 2019 At Bangalore Gayana Samaja Auditorium,K.R Road Bangalore 5:00 PM onwards. Entry Free
International Arts and Cultural Foundation presents a unique festival of musical storytelling “Katha Kuthuhala’ 27–29th March 2019 ( 3 days ) at Bangalore Gayana Samaja auditorium, under the banner of STRI Sanskriti Mathosav 2019. Stri Kala Mahotsav is a project focussed on promoting women-centric programmes and providing a platform for rare and vanishing art forms practices by women.
ABOUT KATHA KUTHUHALA:
Women. Stories. Stories of women. By women. Music-based storytelling repertoires exist all across India, drawing from tales from epics, puranas and bhagavatha. In each region, it is called by a specific name, based on the thematic content of the stories and the context of their performances. The various forms of storytelling although unique to a specific region reflects on a certain unity in Indian experience by expressing the shared heritage of India.
“To date, there is no documentation of women practioners of these art forms, enabling a broader and deeper inquiry and study into the form. With this performance festival, we hope to raise awareness of these rare art forms, while highlighting women as torchbearers of these traditions’ says Srivatsa Shandilya, Curator of the Festival and Director of the International Arts and Cultural Foundation.
STORIES AT KATHA KUTHUHALA
This festival features Kathakalakshepam from Tamil Nadu, Pandavani from Madhya Pradesh, harikathe from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, Kanhopatra from Maharashta and Baul singing from Bengal. Ms Suchitra Balasubramanyam evokes the tale of the wedding of Abhinmanyu and Vatsala set in the grim background of vanavasa of Pandavas — and the delightful role played Lord Krishna in making it a jouyous occasion. While Parvathy Baul exalts the Radhabav, Radha as a Bhakti Yogin herself in search, one who finally reaches her ultimate destination and attains oneness with her beloved, Krishna. Uma Maheshwari invokes the powerful story of Rukmini Kalyana while V. Malini retells the story of Chamundeshwari — Sridevi mahathme katha, while Smt. Ritu Varma will be orate the story of Panchali from Mahabharat in Pandvani gayan with music, lyric oration and style. The festival is a multilingual treat with over 6 languages Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi, Bengali represented in its programming.
PARTNERS OF KATHA KUTHUHALA
Ministry of Culture Government of India, Department of Kannada & Culture Govt. of Karnataka, The Bangalore Gayana Samaja, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts , Bengaluru, the South Zone Cultural Centre, Ministry of Culture join hands in this 3 day festival. The festival will be inaugurated by Smt Manju Bhargavi , Noted award winning Actor of Telugu blockbuster film Sankarabharanam.
ABOUT IACF: Envisioned by ace photographer and eminent media personality, Shandilya Srivatsa, the International Arts and Cultural Foundation for the past decade has consistently showcased the very best of performing arts. The foundation has presented some innovative programmes including ‘Women’s Arts Festival’, ‘Transgender festival, ‘Centenary celebration of indian cinema’ and ‘NRI festival’. Supported by Ministry of Culture, Department of Kannada and culture and several national granting agencies, the foundation continues to expand into new horizons for cultural programming nationwide.
Program 27th to 29th March 2019 time 5:00 PM onwards ever day ( ENTRY FREE )
27th March Wednesday Smt. V. Malini ( Karnataka ) in Kannada, Ritu Verma Pandavani, (Chhattisgarh) in Hindi
28th March Thursday Smt. Uma Maheshwari (Telangna) in Telugu, Suchitra Balasubramanyam (Tamilnadu ) in tamil
29th March Friday Smt. Rajshree Shrki ( Maharashtra )in maharathi, Parvathi Baul (Kolkata ) in Bengali
Feel free to call for any other details Srivatsa Shandilya — 9845106655
