River Festival Season 3

Heritage & Harmony

FEBRUARY 2023

Rotary Sadan
Champatala Ghat
Ahiritola Launch Ghat
Prinsep Ghat

SEASON 3 PARTNERS

In the Press

‘Engage those living on riverbanks to preserve Bengal’s ghat heritage

The Times of India

An ode to Kolkata’s Ghats at the third River Festival

The Telegraph

River Festival 2023: An initiative to establish harmony between Art, Culture & Heritage of the City

IBG News

3 Feb

7pm Panel Discussion at Rotary Sadan

FEATURING

Gautam Chakraborti: Hon Heritage Advisor to the Port Trust

Mudar Patherya: Philanthrophist, Supporter of Art & Culture in Public Spaces

Chelsea McGill: Co-Founder, Immersive Trails
Partha Ranjan Das: Conservation Architect

4 Feb

5 pm CHAMPATALA GHAT

FEATURING

Interactive Painting session with students of Indian College of Art and Draftsmanship
Ser o Duo: Moa Edmunds (guitar) and Tomas Carrasco (woodwind) from Chile
Pt Ranajit Sengupta Quartet: featuring Andre Krengal, Kausik Banerjee and Rajarshi Sengupta
folk

11 Feb

3pm onwards at AHIRITOLA GHAT

Photo Inclusion Project by Pubarun Basu
Photo Exhibition

Alpona Drawing by Anuradha Sen Rimli
Art Workshop

Gentleman ka Andolan by Kalyug Art Organization
Street Theatre

Aab ka Khawaab
A conversation between the rivers of India  by East India Dastangos & Living Waters Museum
Dastangoi (Urdu Oral Storytelling)

Book Binding Craft by Rabindranath Dutta
Craft Workshop

18 Feb

3 pm onwards PRINSEP GHAT

Flowing On: Life by the River
Art Installation by Debashish Manna & Team

Photo Inclusion Project
Photo Exhibition

City Dance Schools Performance

The Wake Up Call “Trashion Show”
Time for a fundamental Redesign
Fashion Show

The Humming Bards by Ritika & Piloo

Amala Dianor “Man Rec” with
Bororotpala & Kolkata Workshop Participants
Dance

ETA Amader Kolkata by Nilajana & Ed