Mumbai walking tour: Kala Ghoda Festival 2010

This buzzing street festival attracts people from all over the country to spend Valentine's Day weekend surrounded by a heavy (and free) dose of Mumbai art and culture

11 February, 2010

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Blogger <a href="http://www.bombaylives.com/index.php/kalaghoda-art-festival-snapshots.html" target="_blank">Bombay Lives</a> takes you on a tour of the Kala Ghoda district to observe rag pickers studying photo art, teenagers painting benches, pavement exhibitions, weird art installations, literary events, music concerts, theater performances, film, food and fiesta.

The arty Kala Ghoda district, is part of colonial style South Mumbai.

A picture of a kala ghoda (black horse), the district's official mascot.

Surf Excel sponsored t-shirts and paints for kids.

The amphitheatre at Kala Ghoda, where live theatre and music performances are held.

This old style Premier Padmini Mumbai taxi gets a color wash, as the vintage rides are soon being ruled off the streets.

T-shirts are one way to take back a souvenir from Mumbai and the KGAF.

The name Kala Ghoda means Black Horse, a reference to a black stone statue of King Edward VII (as the then Prince of Wales) mounted on a horse.

Rural arts and craft always make an appearance.

Besides the people milling about, faces of India confront you in the various photo exhibitions such as this sadhu baba or Hindu ascetic.

Be a mythological Hindu god for a day.

A bench painting session at Horniman Square Gardens.

Locals flake out daily in Mumbai's scarce green patches, the festival days are no exception.

Umbrella-painting sessions. Paint is still the main artistic medium for the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival.

The amphitheatre at Kala Ghoda.

Tribal art with a colorful, modern interpretation -- which you can buy off the streets.

A rag picker ponders a pavement photo exhibition of young Indian photographers.

Part of the pavement photo exhibition, that's actor Amitabh Bachchan in the orange.

A warning against messing with nature.

Mumbai's usual street sellers also blend into the action.

Banian (vest) art, protesting the use of child labour.

A Mumbaiker turning himself into installation art against the use of plastic in cities.

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