PUKAR hosted the “ Giragaon Festival” in Nare Park Maidan, Girangaon, on November 1-2, 2008.
The idea of mounting the Girangaon Festival was born out of a deep seated passion and desire to preserve the rich heritage of Girangaon for posterity. In its hay days when all the mills were churning out beautiful textiles in the heart of the city, the mill workers of Girangoan contributed to the economic and cultural prosperity of the city and country alike. Their life style inspired and nurtured many creative instincts in Girangaon, fostering its rich cultural ethos. Mill workers’ entertainment included public festival like the Ganesh-Utsav, Dahi Handi, Jakadi, which became very popular across the state and are famous even today! The mill workers also staged brilliant theater and sustained folk arts like Lawani, Tamasha, Bhajan, Namman, and Shahiri Powadas. It also produced singers, writers, poets, and actors who spread the stories of Girangaon through their creative ventures. Today, with the onslaught of Globalization much has changed and most of these rich heritages are disappearing. This festival was an attempt to present these various art forms, by the local artists, to the younger generation and to preserve it by archiving and documenting it for posterity.
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