Cultural Evening, a Qawali Concert by Farid Sabri to entertain Tourists in the First Chandigarh National Craft Fair

Sent in By M.M.Khanna, Travel Journalist: Tourismnewsindia.com

Chandigarh, October: Gaining its popularity in a few days, the 1st Chandigarh Crafts Mela has been widely appreciated by domestic as well as foreign tourists evident from the remarks given by them in the visitor’s book. Though all the States participating in the Mela has exhibited their best, but the Rajasthan State which is one of the highly enriched State in the field of art & crafts, have brought 10 artisans from Rajasthan for participation in the 1st Chandigarh Crafts Mela.

They have displayed their handloom craft, jewellary, leather; stone paintings etc. in their stalls which reflect the artistic ingenuity of the craftsmen. All stalls have exclusive art works. Stall No 126 has a plethora of collection of Jewellary made up of Rajasthani precious and semi precious stones like Amethyst, Calcedony, Cornelliam Agate, Garnet, Blued Stone, RED Aventurine, RED Jasper, Sodalite, Yellow Agate, and Green Aventuring. The beautiful accessories last for years together because of their Natural colours & these Gem stones range between Rs.30-1500/-. The other attraction at the same stall is Gem stones paintings which are made of the gem powder or Buraada of stones.

At stall No 46, run by Sh.Ram Narrayan, has displayed Rajasthani painted block Bed Sheets, suits, cushion covers and sariees and the specialty of the colors used in the handloom fabric is that they are purely natural and extracted from vegetables and flowers etc. The bed sheet ranges between Rs.450 -850/-. Artisans Ram Narayan shares the same stall and has variety of Emboss paintings made on wooden with a purely antique metal look ranges between Rs.180-350/-. Sh. Narayan running Stall No.46 has displayed the pure Rajasthani dress material dominated with yellow colour which is considered to be a traditional colour of Rajasthan, says Narayanan.

Imran at Stall No.55 has brought namda work made out of woolen material in the form of wall hangings, Puja Aasan Chokar, magazine holder, slippers, and Door mats. For the same,The raw woolen is run over acid soap, pressed with hands, washed and colored in the end to give a final shape between Rs.50 -450 . The Stall No.56 has many more Rajasthan Home Decoration items, wood paintings, etc. whereas the Stall No.105 has beautiful wooden antique collection made from Chikadi tree grown in Rajasthan only. Stall No.80 has dress material, bed sheets, suits, sarees, cushions, pillow covers, sandwich covers. As compare to the other days, today lots of foreign visitors visited the Mela to get the real live look of Indian arts, culture & cuisine.

To entertain the people with a cultural evening, a Qawali Concert by Farid sabri was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Justice T S Thakur, Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court. The others eminent dignitaries present were Sh. Ashok Khemka IAS, Mr. Dhanpat Singh IAS, Sh. D K Tiwari, IAS, MD CITCO, Director Alliance francaise, Christan Flores and many more.

Farid Sabri from Jaipiur gave a wonderful qawwali performance at Kalagram. He was accompanied by Shahzad and Nazim on Tabla , Mr Alim Bhai on Dholak and Mr. Jalil Bhai on Bingo. Farid Sabri from Jaipur presented his renowned qawalies at Kalagram which enthralled the audience.. He has composed music in nearing 37 films which is in itself is a big contribution to the Film Industry. Farid Sabri is a world famous icon of Indian Classical Music.

He started his musical journey at the age of 11 years when he gave his first performance before the contemporary Bollywood musicians like Naushaad, Majroh Sultanpuri, Saahir, Indeevar etc. Since than he never looked back and walked step by step towards success. His famous films are like Hina, Pardes, Sirf Tum, Uff Ye Mohabbat, Barsaat ki Raat, Abhay, Jana Na Dil Se Door, Indian Babu Desi Ma’m, Ye Dil Ashiqana, Parwana, Love ke liye kuchh bhi karega, Wo tera Naam tha, Sheen, Bhaagmati etc.

The sixth day of the Mela will have NZCC performances all over the day followed by a Folk Orchestra and Sufi Gayan.

October 29, 2009   Posted in: India