The concluding day of two-day art extravaganza-Chandigarh street art and street food festival was witnessed by thousands of foreigners and city residents at Chandigarh’s prime tourist spot Sukhna lake amidst gaiety and merriment.
There was massive participation by hundreds of artists performing various art forms bringing cheer to the crowd swelling in numbers by Sunday evening to see the art forms at different platforms of the art street. The colourful graffiti work on street art continued to fascinate the visitors and foreign tourists who wanted to take memories with them by having snapshots at whatever they could find interesting.
The art street was lined up with painters, sculptors and other artists showcasing their talent before the visitors with professional artists forming up their best works. For the children, there were special attractions like puppet show, magic show displaying many magic tricks which pulled many to see them again and again. The lifesize animal figurine lanterns were not to be missed by anyone giving a unique look to the lively street art with their visual delight.
The street art festival was spread out with young artists performing a kaleidoscope of art with activities like card making, glass painting, clay modelling, various forms of art on sand, and even giving colour to many visitors with face painting and tattoo making.
Besides these, north zone cultural zonal performances attracted large audience at the art street. The renowned artistes across the region were invited to give performances on various instruments piano, violin, saxophone, accordion, cello etc which was a great hit with all listening to their own Hindi melodious coupled with finest English melodies of yesteryears .
A special art street was created on the road from Rock Garden side to Sukhna lake showcasing of 40 forms of art, including live painting and sketching, sculpture, sand art, 3D rangoli, face painting and tattoos, folk dances and music, folk singing, instrumental music performance (saxophone, accordion, cello, flute, violin etc), rock band, Fusion Dance, Theatre & Art, nukkad natak, documentary-making by students, kite-making, clay modelling, storytelling, hip hop, rap, installation art, graffiti, calligraphy, card-making, collage, origami, floral design, balloon twisting, doll-making, egg decoration and much more.
The street on Uttar Marg near Sukhna lake with graffiti art spread across more than 8,000 square feet on both the sides making the graffiti artwork the largest in the country ever to be made. The street food festival Chattori Gali was also thronged by food lovers to explore various street cuisines.