The music, dance and craft festivals in and around Bhubaneswar during Nov 2011 – Feb 2012
Bhubaneswar- Cuttack- Puri, Ekamra Utsav, Bhubaneswar, Festivals, Gotipua Festival, Kalinga Mahotsav, Dhauli, Konark Festival, Odisha govt. action, Raja Rani music festival January 20th. 2012, 12:04pmFollowing is a list with some links. Please let me know if I am missing something.
- Gotipua Dance Festival, (15th-17th November 2011).
- Puri Beach Festival (23rd – 29th November 2011).
- Konark Festival (1st – 5th December 2011).
- International Sand art Festival (1st-5th December 2011).
- Dhauli Kalinga Mahotsav (10th – 14th December 2011).
- Dhauli Mahotsav (10th-12th December 2011)
- Kalinga Mahotsav (13th-14th December 2011)
- Shreekhetra Utsav, Puri (14th-25th December 2011) ???
- Toshali National Crafts Mela (15th – 27th December 2011).
- Odissi International (18th-22nd December 2011).
- Eastern Jatra Festival (24th – 30th December).
- International Odissi Dance Festival (23rd-30th December 2011).
- Odissi Music Festival (8th – 10th January 2012).
- Ekamra – the Temple City Festival (10th-20th January 2012)
- Adivasi Mela (26th January – 5th February 2012).
- Kharavela Mahotsava (30th January – 5th February 2012).
- Konark dance and music festival (19-23rd February 2012).
- BYOF (Bring Your Own Film) -21st -25th February 2012.
- Drama Season in Bhubaneswar: February – April.
- Samrachana: Choreography Festival (1st March to 5th March 2012).
This year some of the festivals are new. They are: Gotipua festival, Sand art festival and the Odissi music festival. All of them are great additions.
In the future years perhaps additional festivals that would include Pala/Daskathia, Sambalpuri music, Sambalpuri dance, Chhau dance, Ghumura etc. can be included. Chhau and Ghumura may be part of the adivasi mela, but giving them a solo dance or music platform (not part of a mela) would be great.