Monday, February 25, 2008

Fireflies

The annual Fireflies Music Festival is a dusk to dawn affair. It happens in a 80 acre farm cum ashram cum cultural centre tucked away in a village called Dinnepalya nearly fifteen kilometeres down Kanakapura road. An open air amphitheater, a makefshift stage propped up against a huge pipal tree, with rocky steps serving as seats. Theres a huge canopy of trees, with a small aperture to view the starlit sky.

Go there next year - with kids, friends, pillows, mattresses, food, drinks.... and enjoy. This year I was stirred by Shabnam Virmanis performance of Kabirs poetry in the Malwa style. She was totally 'magan' and held the audience in that state as well. She is a documentary film-maker by profession. And an awesome singer.

3 comments:

Choxbox said...

sounds awesome.

btw is this close to the valley school?

Airspy said...

i dont know where the valley school is. didnt see any boards enroute too. Though the school was recently in the news for storing sandalwood and encroaching on forest land!

Choxbox said...

whaaat?!! wow!