Jalsa - The Folk festival came to a grand end on 25th November with the Jalsa Mela becoming a big success. What started off as a small initiative to promote folk art forms in Sophia college became a huge hit with the Students and Staff members. 'Jalsa' (Which means Celebration) was the brain child of Three students, Priya Adivarekar (Vice-Cultural Secretary), Divya Das (BSP Secretary) and Madhuri Dhariwal (Art and Design secretary). Their main aim was to promote lesser known Folk art forms amongst the 21st Century Urban Mumbai crowd.
“It’s our final year and we wanted to promote folk art, music and theatre because there is hardly any awareness about them,” said Adivarekar, vice-cultural secretary of the college (Source - DNA)
Skype meetings were their best bet during the Diwali vacations which helped them plan everything related to workshops,competitions,workforce members,duties etc.
After having a zillion skype meetings & calls, The workforce was finally in place.
Priya,Divya and Madhuri were the Secretaries of Jalsa while Rumela.Basu, Prita Sundaram & Charlenne Dunne were named the Senior executives.
To create awareness about the Folk forms, the core committee decided to focus on Art & Theatre workshops. “One may have heard about Madhubani, but how does one know what it is all about? The workshops will ensure that people get to know more about these art forms,” said Dhariwal.
The team found it difficult to find the right people to conduct the workshops, but through local networks, they managed to rope in four folk artists. But their biggest challenge was getting sponsors (Source - DNA).
But in the end, The team managed to pull it off and the result was fantastic. Registrations for the workshops had to be stopped on the 2nd day of the festival as the seats were full. The art workshops got an amazing response and the 'Art Exhibition' on the final day was well appreciated. The theatre workshop participants got a chance to perform for IBN Lokmat and also got an oppurtunity to perform the 'Street Play' based on Eve teasing for our College Day show. Photography competition participants did an excellent job by capturing some of the finest moments from Indian folk art forms. The Folk singing competition was well attended. The Diya designing competition saw some fabulous artists. While Shreya Shetty from FYBMM walked away with the 1st prize in the Photography competition, Samikshya Madhukullya from SYBA won the Folk singing competition.
With Traditional Music playing in the background, Everyone was welcomed with a warm smile in the 'Jalsa Mela'. The Photography Exhibition was loved by everyone. The Photo stall saw Students & Teachers posing for pictures with different traditional props. Different stalls gave Folk art lovers a chance to shop.With items like Papier Jewellery,Handmade Diaries,Jholas, Saree bags etc on sale, Everyone was seen shopping their hearts out. The Dharma Bharathi NGO sold items made by the NGO children. The food stall was a hit with items like Thepla, Rosogullas,Karanji to choose from.
In all, The Jalsa Folk Festival was a success! As they graduate next year, the secretaries hope that they have taken a small yet significant step in creating an interest in folk art.
Sr.Anila Verghese (Principal) said, "We hope Jalsa becomes a bigger festival next year"
Well, We hope so too!
“It’s our final year and we wanted to promote folk art, music and theatre because there is hardly any awareness about them,” said Adivarekar, vice-cultural secretary of the college (Source - DNA)
Skype meetings were their best bet during the Diwali vacations which helped them plan everything related to workshops,competitions,workforce members,duties etc.
After having a zillion skype meetings & calls, The workforce was finally in place.
Priya,Divya and Madhuri were the Secretaries of Jalsa while Rumela.Basu, Prita Sundaram & Charlenne Dunne were named the Senior executives.
The team found it difficult to find the right people to conduct the workshops, but through local networks, they managed to rope in four folk artists. But their biggest challenge was getting sponsors (Source - DNA).
But in the end, The team managed to pull it off and the result was fantastic. Registrations for the workshops had to be stopped on the 2nd day of the festival as the seats were full. The art workshops got an amazing response and the 'Art Exhibition' on the final day was well appreciated. The theatre workshop participants got a chance to perform for IBN Lokmat and also got an oppurtunity to perform the 'Street Play' based on Eve teasing for our College Day show. Photography competition participants did an excellent job by capturing some of the finest moments from Indian folk art forms. The Folk singing competition was well attended. The Diya designing competition saw some fabulous artists. While Shreya Shetty from FYBMM walked away with the 1st prize in the Photography competition, Samikshya Madhukullya from SYBA won the Folk singing competition.
With Traditional Music playing in the background, Everyone was welcomed with a warm smile in the 'Jalsa Mela'. The Photography Exhibition was loved by everyone. The Photo stall saw Students & Teachers posing for pictures with different traditional props. Different stalls gave Folk art lovers a chance to shop.With items like Papier Jewellery,Handmade Diaries,Jholas, Saree bags etc on sale, Everyone was seen shopping their hearts out. The Dharma Bharathi NGO sold items made by the NGO children. The food stall was a hit with items like Thepla, Rosogullas,Karanji to choose from.
In all, The Jalsa Folk Festival was a success! As they graduate next year, the secretaries hope that they have taken a small yet significant step in creating an interest in folk art.
Sr.Anila Verghese (Principal) said, "We hope Jalsa becomes a bigger festival next year"
Well, We hope so too!
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