Ranthambore Festival kicks off today. Better late than never, head straight to hub of cultural nuances

If travelling was on your mind, if you were contemplating a first pocket-friendly family vacation of 2017, here is an event which if you attend, you would be thankful to me for atleast until your next vacation.

I present to you a weekend filled with slew of folk music performances, an open-air wildlife film festival on a huge screen, tiger safaris, wellness camps, a pop-up souk. All in all, all decked-up against the backdrop of a scintillating venue, the Nahargarh Palace, Ranthambore.

The Ranthambore Festival, will be held from 27-29 January 2017, which also happens to be the longest weekend of 2017.  Interestingly, it is a not-for-profit festival. Over this weekend, the beautiful Nahargarh Palace, Ranthambore will witness cultural aficionados and art-driven beings from different walks of life coming together to amalgamate for a sole purpose- to upbeat and fastrack this music-cum-nature conservation effort.  This initiative is supported by BookASmile, and by First Stone.

At dusk, you will be in for an enthralling package of performances by a plethora of stellar artists up at the BookASmile Hathikund Mainstage. The stage will be lit up with magical folk and fusion musical and dance performances under the stars. World-renowned personalities like Mallika Sarabhai, Zila Khan, Maati Baani, Neeraj Arya’s Kabir Cafe, Karl Lutchmayer, Rajeev Raja and Fabrizio Cassol, will be Rajasthan’s own indigenous folk artists such as Ustaad Gafoor Khan, Ustad Hakim Khan, Nagga Khan, Kailash Dan among many others.

All gourmands can savour the diverse local and global flavours at the Food festival. In between all the frenzy, you can rejuvenate yourself in the corridors of the Palace Not only this, wellness activities such as Yoga and Meditation Workshops by Kadambari Yoga, heritage-walks, etc.

The festival will also host a consuming open-air wildlife film festival in the Palace lawns, curated by Indias leading Environmental and Wildlife forum, CMS Vatavaran, which will showcase works from the some of the best wildlife filmmakers in the country and abroad namely Saravana Kumar, Kartick Satyanarayan, Oliver Goetzl, Shekar Dattatri, Giuseppe Bucciarelli, and many more.

What’s more? The Pop-Up Souk will also showcase a battery of lifestyle brands like Nicobar, Ayca, Teatro Dhora and Shorshe alongside unique NGO startups like Okhai, Pench Pickle Company, Dhonk and Dastkar Ranthambore.

If you don’t want to regret, waste no time. Hit straight to the Bookmyshow portal to book your full package for the left two days of this festival.

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