KATHMANDU, Aug 16: The carnivalesque celebration of arts and the freedom of expression, the Ncell Kalaajatra started with a brief inauguration event at the Patan Museum located in Patan Durbar Square on Friday in the presence of eminent cultural expert Satya Mohan Joshi, senior artist Kiran Manandhar, artists and art enthusiasts. The festival is being organized by Kathmandu Contemporary Arts Center (KCAC) and sponsored by Ncell.
32 works from 31 different artists marked the beginning of this festival which spreads across a month, uses the backdrop of Gai Jatra, the festival commemorating the dead. In modern times, this festival is more popular as an occasion for people to engage in a free-wheeling satire. [break]
Artists used a variety of mediums to express their own concerns and criticisms regarding the socio-political scenario of the country. While these art pieces voiced concern against issues such as the inefficiency of government bureaucracy in Nepal, the power games of politicians and the control over freedom by the state, ‘The Three Wise Monkeys’ that see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, were a recurring allusion in the exhibition.
The exhibit will go on till September 6.
‘Jhatarro’, an exhibition of cartoons which will open on Sunday at Siddharta Art Gallery in Baber Mahal, an ongoing paper-mache workshop, performance by Aarohan Gurukul Theater, poetry readings by 20 poets and a procession, from Maitighar to Nag Bahal in Patan, are also a part of Kalaajatra.
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