<p>Welcome, India’s first Saree festival in Delhi! Red Earth – a cultural organisation in the city - is hosting a three-day festival celebrating the national Indian costume for women. </p>.<p>Unlike several other saree expositions, which glorify either only the traditional hand-woven pieces or the more fashion-forward designer sarees, The Saree Festival by Red Earth marks an all-encompassing love for the six-yard drape. </p>.<p>Red Earth’s curated exhibition includes the traditional designs, the more modern interpretations as well as the latest digital prints in sarees. </p>.<p>Not just this, the three-day fest also comprises a series of talks, seminars, film screenings as well as music and dance performances glorifying the saree. <br /><br />Catch this fest at Alliance Francaise, May 2 to 4, from 11 in the morning to 8 pm.<br /><br />Himanshu Verma, curator of the fest, informs us, “This event is an extension of my own research on the saree. </p>.<p>India has countless number of fabrics, weaves, designs and even drapes of the saree. </p>.<p>Tangail, Jamdani, Paithani, Patola, Kanchipuram, Mysore Silk, Banarasi, Phulkari – all have lent their own flavour to the saree and evolved a whole universe of the elegant drape. <br /><br />Surprisingly, till date, we had had no single festival celebrating the attire in all its forms. </p>.<p>I am glad that we are doing that now in Red Earth.”<br /><br />Red Earth’s Saree exposition will be especially curated to include a wide range of varieties. </p>.<p>Weavers from across the country, several NGOs and designers have been invited to showcase their works on the yards-long canvas. </p>.<p>They will be accompanied by stalls of sari-friendly jewellery and handbags/stoles. Some very interesting events are lined up for the three days. <br /><br />A seminar ‘Love Saree: Notes from my love affair with the drape’ will feature “India’s leading saree lovers”: David Abraham (of Abraham and Thakore), Geeta Chandran (Bharatanatyam dancer), Laila Tyabji (Dastkar), Rajeev Tandon (Ushnak Mal Mool Chand), Rita Soni (CEO, Nasscom Foundation) and Tritha Sinha (musician). </p>.<p>Then there is a story-telling session on the saree by writer Noor Zaheer, a talk by Rupika Chawla on ‘The Saree as a visual device in Ravi Varma’s paintings,’ film screening Gangoobai on a woman who falls in love with a Parsi gara saree, and much more. <br /><br />Don’t miss this festival for anything!<br /><br /></p>
<p>Welcome, India’s first Saree festival in Delhi! Red Earth – a cultural organisation in the city - is hosting a three-day festival celebrating the national Indian costume for women. </p>.<p>Unlike several other saree expositions, which glorify either only the traditional hand-woven pieces or the more fashion-forward designer sarees, The Saree Festival by Red Earth marks an all-encompassing love for the six-yard drape. </p>.<p>Red Earth’s curated exhibition includes the traditional designs, the more modern interpretations as well as the latest digital prints in sarees. </p>.<p>Not just this, the three-day fest also comprises a series of talks, seminars, film screenings as well as music and dance performances glorifying the saree. <br /><br />Catch this fest at Alliance Francaise, May 2 to 4, from 11 in the morning to 8 pm.<br /><br />Himanshu Verma, curator of the fest, informs us, “This event is an extension of my own research on the saree. </p>.<p>India has countless number of fabrics, weaves, designs and even drapes of the saree. </p>.<p>Tangail, Jamdani, Paithani, Patola, Kanchipuram, Mysore Silk, Banarasi, Phulkari – all have lent their own flavour to the saree and evolved a whole universe of the elegant drape. <br /><br />Surprisingly, till date, we had had no single festival celebrating the attire in all its forms. </p>.<p>I am glad that we are doing that now in Red Earth.”<br /><br />Red Earth’s Saree exposition will be especially curated to include a wide range of varieties. </p>.<p>Weavers from across the country, several NGOs and designers have been invited to showcase their works on the yards-long canvas. </p>.<p>They will be accompanied by stalls of sari-friendly jewellery and handbags/stoles. Some very interesting events are lined up for the three days. <br /><br />A seminar ‘Love Saree: Notes from my love affair with the drape’ will feature “India’s leading saree lovers”: David Abraham (of Abraham and Thakore), Geeta Chandran (Bharatanatyam dancer), Laila Tyabji (Dastkar), Rajeev Tandon (Ushnak Mal Mool Chand), Rita Soni (CEO, Nasscom Foundation) and Tritha Sinha (musician). </p>.<p>Then there is a story-telling session on the saree by writer Noor Zaheer, a talk by Rupika Chawla on ‘The Saree as a visual device in Ravi Varma’s paintings,’ film screening Gangoobai on a woman who falls in love with a Parsi gara saree, and much more. <br /><br />Don’t miss this festival for anything!<br /><br /></p>
