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One of the greatest concentrations of cultural institutions

May 22, 2024246 Views

Saadiyat Cultural District, Abu Dhabi is on track for 2025 completion Showcases Abu Dhabi’s commitment to culture The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has reaffirmed that Saadiyat Cultural District, along with its cultural institutions, is on track for completion in 2025. Saadiyat Cultural District is a global platform, emanating from a rich cultural heritage, celebrating traditions, and advancing equitable culture. It is an embodiment of empowerment, showcasing museums, collections, and narratives that celebrate the region’s heritage while promoting a diverse global cultural landscape. Once completed, the diversity of Saadiyat Cultural District’s institutions will make the district one of the most unique cultural platforms. It is already the...

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Preserving India’s heritage dances

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May 22, 2024245 Views

Aalekh Foundation synchronises harmoniously with Manasa-Art Aalekh Foundation, a distinguished non-profit organisation, has announced its strategic collaboration with Manasa-Art Without Frontiers, led by the renowned Odissi Dance Guru Sharon Lowen, for the upcoming Omkara Dance Festival and Parivartan Seminar, which will promote Indian classical dances and performance artists from Odisha and Jharkhand. Scheduled for May 31 and June 1, 2024, at the prestigious India International Centre in New Delhi, the festival promises a unique cultural extravaganza. Under the expert curation of Guru Sharon Lowen, the festival will showcase two exceptional dance troupes hailing from Odisha and Jharkhand, featuring Padma Shri and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardees, never before seen in Delhi. The fe...

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A century on, Hemingway’s prose lures revellers to Spain’s Pamplona

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July 13, 2023739 Views

The bell tolls - eight chimes. A fuse is lit and a rocket takes off. The pen doors open and out burst 12 behemoths - six bulls and six steers - working their pace up to a gallop, hooves thundering on the cobbled streets. On cue, throngs of white-clad runners begin to sprint. They glance back, ready to dodge the charging beasts' piked horns with balletic moves defying a gory demise. Enraptured onlookers cheer on from balconies above. Thousands of revelers pack the Consistorial square as they wait for the rocket launch (Chupinazo) that announces the opening of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, Spain, July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Susana Vera It's the feast of St Fermin, the famed bull-running festival that engulfs downtown Pamplona every July when revellers from around the globe descend...

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First Victor Brauner retrospective opens in Romania

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February 27, 2023703 Views

The first Victor Brauner retrospective in Romania was opened recently at the same time as ‘Timisoara 2023, European Capital of Culture’. In the Baroque Palace of the National Museum of Art Timișoara, the exhibition proposes over 100 paintings, drawings, sculptures, book illustrations, and documents spanning Brauner's entire career as a surrealist artist of Romanian origin. “Timișoara 2023–European Capital of Culture” represents a complex cultural program that aims to transform citizens, artists, and cultural operators into relevant actors in its implementation and the city’s long-term development. Thus marking 2023 as a truly remarkable year for the designated capital of culture and Romania, showcasing more than 2,500 artists and about 30 events per week. The program was coordinated...

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Serendipity Arts Festival will be a confluence of art, culinary cultures & technology

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December 12, 2022740 Views

Serendipity Arts Festival, is set to present a series of interdisciplinary activations to energize Goa with various exhibitions, workshops and an engaging display of art, an integral part of the Festival’s mission to make art accessible to all. The festival, scheduled from the 15th to the 23rd of December, will highlight India's rich music, dance, and theatre traditions alongside culinary arts, talks & symposiums, and workshops. Taking place across 14+ venues and 120+ programs, the Festival will be showcasing diverse creative expressions from across South Asia. It will create avenues for the younger generation to connect with their shared cultural heritage through a wide range of the arts and cutting-edge technology. The Exhibitions segment of the 9-day Festival will see curatio...

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Khajuraho Dance Festival from Feb 20

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February 17, 2022322 Views

The 48th Khajuraho Dance Festival will be held in Madhya Pradesh from February 20 to 26 this year as part of the 'Amrit Mahotsav', being celebrated to mark the 75th anniversary of the country's Independence, an official said on Thursday. Renowned artists from across the country and the world will perform at the festival, which will be inaugurated by Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel, MP tourism and culture department's principal secretary Sheo Shekhar Shukla said. The festival will be held besides the famous Khajuraho group of temples, which is a world heritage site. It will showcase the cultural landscape of Indian dance styles, art and travel-related exhibitions, as well as films based on various artistes, the official said. During the event, the National Kalidas A...

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Ramayana of Java | The complete ballet | जावा की रामकथा

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October 10, 20211611 Views

The full show of Ramayana Ballet as performed at Purawisata at Yogyakarta in Java, Indonesia. These are days of Ramlila around the country and perfect time to see Ramayana as performed in different parts of world. Prominent among them is Indonesia. The islands of Java, Bali and Sumatra still have the historical hindu influence and they still follow the hindu culture and traditions. Java is also famous for its theatrical rendering of Hindu epic Ramayana. Although the story is more or less the same, but the presentation in traditional Java style is very fascinating. It is one of the high points for tourists visiting Java, specially Yogyakarta. https://youtu.be/geWwN3zgkCU Ramayana Ballet is performed at Purawisata, located just one kilometre from Jalan Malioboro at Yogyakarta in Ind...

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Arc de Triomphe sheds its wrapper as art installation ends

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October 5, 2021759 Views

After a month wrapped in silvery-blue plastic as part of an art installation, Paris landmark the Arc de Triomphe was returning to its familiar form on Monday as work to dismantle the wrapping got underway. The plan to encase the 19th century arch was originally conceived by the late Bulgarian-born artist Christo and carried out posthumously by a team that included his nephew at a cost of about 14 million euros ($16.3 million). Rope access technicians work on the removal of the fully wrapped Arc de Triomphe monument, after it was wrapped for an art installation entitled 'L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped' conceived by the late artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, October 4, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier The installation was scheduled to run unt...

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AWA preserves earliest surviving paintings from Badami caves in its vault

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September 23, 2021527 Views

After the initiation of preservation of paintings on the Ajanta Caves, more restored artworks from ancient India, signifying a new tradition of art that gave birth to modern beliefs, are being preserved. The earliest surviving paintings of the Hindu faith, restored from Badami Caves in Karnataka (India), and ancient paintings from the mysterious and elegant Brihadeesvara temple, along with artificial intelligence driven catalogues of ancient artworks and white papers signifying India’s cultural legacy in different parts of the world, were included on Thursday in the Arctic World Archive in a physical as well as virtual ceremony AWA, on the remote Norwegian Island of Svalbard. Also presented to the vault was the copy of Durgasaptashati by Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, u...

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Uzbekistan celebrates 3,000-year heritage

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September 16, 2021982 Views

5th Annual Congress of the “World Society for the Study, Preservation and Popularization of the Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan” held as part of UNESCO-backed event Uzbekistan hosted the 5th Anniversary Congress of the World Society for the Study, Preservation and Popularization of the Cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan, as part of Uzbekistan’s Cultural Heritage Week. The event was held in three cities of the Republic – Tashkent, Khiva and Nukus. The Congress, one of the most important events in the nation’s Cultural Heritage Week, was held in conjunction with the international forum “Central Asia at the Crossroads of Civilizations”, convened at the initiative of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, with support from UNESCO. The Congress is the largest cultural event of its kind in...