Camel Festival, Bikaner
Thursday Dec 31, 2009 - Friday Jan 01, 2010
The upcoming Bikaner Camel festival at Junagarh Fort, marks the huge
gathering of camels from all over the Rajasthan. Unusual symphony of
cultural events, along with grand procession of decorated and ornamented
camels, makes Bikaner festival a real treat for visitors. The festival is
organized to lay emphasis on importance of ship of desert. Three days of
extravaganza displays exciting events, where competition is held for best
decorated camel, camel's best fur-cutting style and best breed of camel.
The festival ends up with some interesting activities such as tug-of-war
contest, acrobatics, camel dance and colorful folk performances.
Desert Festival, Jaisalmer
Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 - Saturday Jan 30, 2010
Desert festival is celebrated with great pomp and grandeur, on the serene
deserts of Jaisalmer. The dull ambiance of city turns out to be lively with
colorful cultural dances performed by folk dancers on the ballads of
heroism, tragedy and romance of local heroes. Encounter the cultural
entourage seen in beautifully hued attires donned by the people of
Rajasthan.
The fair celebrations also includes snake charmers, acrobats, puppeteers,
acrobats and folk dances. The real captivating event of this fair is camels
show, where the ship of desert play a stellar role in desert festival. Apart
from that several other interesting competitions are organized like the
turban tying competition, longest mustaches competition and many more.
HITEX
Leisure Expo - 2009
Date: 11-DEC-09 to 13-DEC-09
HITEX Leisure Expo-2009, a remarkable trade show of south India highlights
all major industry players including travel, tourism and entertainment. It
provides a platform for both sellers and buyers to network, create and
promote business. In a fastest growing economic scenario, it is the best
place for marketing and promoting services.
Venue: Hyderabad International Trade Exposition Centre (HITEX),
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
India to get two new Asian Tour events
Date: Jan 2010
The coming year will be a great buzz for Indian golfers, as they will now
indulge in some grand tournaments. India will be hosting two new Asian Tour
Tournaments in 2010, at the capital region. The declaration will be done
shortly, according to PGTI's Padamjit Singh Sandhu.
Recently, Sandhu, the sales and marketing director of the professional Golf
Tour of India, during his interview said, “We have been involved in
extremely positive discussions over the past few days with our sponsors as
well as the Asian Tour. We will make the two tournaments public in a couple
of weeks’ time once the formal agreement with the Asian Tour is signed.”
The first tournament will be held at the DLF Golf and County Club. As per
sources the winner will be awarded with 1 million dollars.
The second event will be consisting worth $500,000 as prize money. This
tournament will be organized either at Greater Noida’s Jaypee Greens or
the Delhi Golf Club.
“We’re definitely looking at a prize purse over and above $1
million and the sponsors hope to bring in big names for the first event,”
Sandhu said.
Winter Festival, Mount Abu
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 - Thursday Dec 31, 2009
The Winter Festival is a dazzling annual event, held in the last week of
December in Mount Abu, Rajasthan. This traditional extravaganza is a coveted
event for music buff- the performers and listeners. Three days of
celebration is marked by myriad traditional processions and folk dances,
where the rich tribal culture of Rajasthan is on display. It is a colorful
event celebrated with great enthusiasm and happiness, attended by thousands
of national and international tourists. The kind hearted hosts, welcome
their guests with warm greetings.
Not only that, one can also have a glimpse of vibrant cultural
performances, performed by several folk artists from Rajasthan, Gujarat,
Punjab and Haryana.
The festival starts with a ritual procession from the RTDC Hotel Shikhar
and ends at the Nakki Lake Chowk.
