Surajkund Craft Mela 07

[Yogesh Sarkar]

A big thanks to Sunil for posting this thread regarding Surajkund Craft Mela, because of this Salil, Sunil, Manik and I, visited the Surajkund craft mela (fair) yesterday. While I knew this was going to be a fantastic opportunity for some photography, I didn’t realize how big an opportunity it was, until I was there and started taking photos. Needless to say I really enjoyed the fair, so here is a little tour of what we did and saw.

After meeting up near Apollo, all of us rode/drove down to the fair and after parking our vehicles, the first thing we saw was a huge set of tri color kites tied to a single rope:



After we were done photographing them we decided to photograph the real theme of this mela (fair), handicrafts. Nearly every shop/stall here is an handicraft shop:





Next stop, one of the main reason this is a fantastic place for photographers, folk dancers:



One could also call these desi jam sessions, since almost at all of the places there were more locals dancing to the tunes of folk music than the performers:



Usually at this juncture one expects men to be the one who would mob the stage while most of the ladies will stay away. However at Surajkund table seemed to have turned and it was the ladies who decided to take the center stage and decided to shake their booty…



Not that performers were complaining, rather they really got into the mood…



And the huge crowd was testament to the fact that for once things were changing for good



Then the police intervened, well the cultural group wing of the Punjab Police and crowd was left with little choice but to great them with applause…



Not wanting to be left behind, Rajasthani folk dancers decided to show their metal by standing on sword and balancing rim…



Than this girl decided to break the ice by picking up needles with her eyelids…



Now it was getting too much and we were left gasping for air, so all of us started looking for a place to sit, at this moment we hit a jackpot…



After relaxing for a while we decided to head back home…



Thus a great day came to an end and all of us came back happy and with loaded memory cards.

There are few more photographs of the Surajkund Mela, which you can see by clicking here…

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[HydroXidE]

I wanteeeeeettt

The photos of the tricolour kites and the cane furniture are awesome .. thanks for sharing .

[Scorpion King]

nice colourful snaps there yogesh

[Yogesh Sarkar]

thanks guys

[powerslave]

Beautiful!

[Sheel]

very good photos ya,

i see firangs dancing... he he, this is India...

[Yogesh Sarkar]

Thanks Manas

Sheel the lady in white wasn't really dancing, she was trying to get some closeup shots of folk dancers.

[Sunilg]

where are other photos?

guys...post it...

i won't be able to post my photos, my comp is down...graphic card gone...

[popsha]

Nice pics there. Seems you guya had fun there.

waiting for more

Sunil's graphic card is down so he can't upload more pics (remember pics are of graphic nature)
So while someone else uploads pics Sunil can upload some folk tunes (read music) as I guess the sound card is still working.

[Yogesh Sarkar]

Originally Posted by Sunilg

where are other photos?

guys...post it...

hope this message wasnt meant for me, cause i have already uploaded 35pics.

But Manik and Salil, upload the photos lazys people!

Originally Posted by popsha

Nice pics there. Seems you guya had fun there.

waiting for more

Sunil's graphic card is down so he can't upload more pics (remember pics are of graphic nature)
So while someone else uploads pics Sunil can upload some folk tunes (read music) as I guess the sound card is still working.