A riot of colours spread across the streets of the city as the first edition of Jamshedpur Carnival got flagged off on Saturday. From rock music to Bhangra and Chhau dance to garba, the people of the city got plunged into celebration of first-of its-kind.
Ashish Mathur, managing director, Tata Steel, inaugurated the the carnival, which is being organised jointly by Tata Steel, XlRI and Jusco. The carnival started with a carnival parade from Jubilee park went till Gopal Maidan. The parade comprised of sports cadets of Tata Steel along with the senior officials of the company and students. The organisers promised a major feast of extravaganza of entertainment in the carnival, which will continue till Sunday.
The myriad facets of the latin music, the stylish guitarists, the casual drum beats and the soulful voice have also been added to make the attendees move their feet. Ronald D’costa, one of the coordinators said that for the first time Jamshedpur will play host to Kite Festival on the January 19 at Gopal Maidan.
The fest will be inaugurated by T V Narendran, managingdirector, Tata Steel. Guinness world record holder Mehul Pathak and his team from Ahmedabad will participate in which the participants will get opportunity to make kite as well as show their talent in flying kites the festival. latter in the night special lED kites will soar in the sky. Ashish Sharma, the brain child behind the kite festival said that they have big plans for the festival and want it to feature on the annual festival calendar. It will be a great way of boosting tourism in the city.