A potpourri of events to mark Khirkee culture

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 14

Multiple venues of the village Khirkee Extension have come alive with a four-day festival of the arts titled Khirkee Festival, organised by Khoj International Artists’ Association.

Being held at multiple venues in Khirkee Extension, the festival seeks to celebrate the cultural multiplicity of Khirkee, bringing to the foreground a variety of narratives about and from the neighbourhood through exhibitions, interventions, music, theatre, sports, bazaars and food.

Khirkee Festival opened with Ms Bahubali, a women’s arm wrestling competition. First organized in Khirkee by artist David Brazier as part of his residency at Khoj, the armwrestling competition seeks to activate the public space of the neighbourhood, with participants responding to the context of the competition in different ways.

Women will compete for the title of Ms Bahubali and a cash prize of Rs 5,000.