The Holi Cow festival was in a bigger, fatter and madder avatar this year. Over 70 artists participated in this event, ranging from international artists, and bands from all over India. Held across the sprawling grounds of the Airport Residency Hotel, the festival was divided across three stages:
MOO STAGE (Amphitheater): Dedicated to Amit Saigal, this stage had great bands like Soul'd Out, Emperor Minge, Bombay Bassment, Swarathma*, Soulmate, Heavens Down and Mental Kit among others.
FLEW STAGE: An eclectic stage, this had performers like JOLT, Menwhopause, Mob Marley Inc. , Burqa Buoys* , Al Faeda*
GLUE STAGE : Offering great Electronica music, this stage had artists like Andre Gardeja, Malana Inc, Edge Cut, Invincible Quest, Bhanged!, among others.
The event also had Moo-ving Minstrels and Madmen, like Folk-O-Rama, Band Baaja People, Moo Mama Puppet Company, Didgeridoo Docs, Pathetic Poetry Poultry Farm, and many other attractions for the guests.
The festival had many guests and revelers enjoy the festival in true spirit.
Background and saliencies:
* Although 'officially' in its 4th year, Holi Cow Festival has been around for over 6 years. What started out as a small, 'underground' festival - celebrating Holi with music and art - has become one of the biggest festivals of its kind.
* From 5 artistes and a small audience of 85 people, the festival now attracts over 60 artistes and over 4000 revelers from all parts of the World.
* Holi Cow Festival started with the idea of creating a happy eco-system of artistes and art lovers who want to celebrate and express their love and passion freely without commercial compulsions. That is the reason that most artistes have volunteered to perform every year without their commercial fees. In the words of Invicible Quest, the band from Berlin, "We have been following up on the festival for the last 3 years. We find it one of the most unique music festivals in the world. Tradition meets modernity here in a creative space." Adds Nida Mahmood who is designing the look of the festival this year, "The festival's look this year has been inspired by the quirks and colour of the Indian streets. Its kitsch meets Indian tradition."
* This year the festival was larger. Instead of a single day celebrations, also part of the festivity were grafitti artists, and the Moo Mama Puppet Theatre. This year's event also offered a Moo Yatra- a colourful motorcycle parade around town with over 50 bikers, four days before Holi to officially mark off the festivities.
Holi Cow raised funds to sponsor the education in performing arts for 60 children last year in association with Fender School of Music. This year the festival hops to raise enough funds for 200 such scholarships in association with Swechha, the NGO as well as the Fender School of Music.
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