"Exhibition on Indian Gypsies"
Sala Priorité: Calle Montera 42, Metro : Gran Vía / Sol.
(8 May - 12 June)
Once in a while, in our constant search for strange and surprising places, people and stories, poverty and pride, we are faced with something that really inspires us. This finding is a place that doesnt appear on any map. Very close to the Centre of New Delhi, the colony treasures stories never to forget.
For hundreds of years these itinerant artists travelled through the Indian countryside, creating stories, creating the backbone that unites a country. Before the advent of radio, film and television, these artists helped to shape what we now call the India Web.... In the 1950s artists moved to a vacant land next to a forest in West Delhi. Their new home was called Kathputli colony.
Since then, acrobats, puppeteers and magicians of New Delhi have called this slum colony Kathputli, their home.
Kathputli Colony began as a cluster of makeshift tents set up by gypsy puppeteers from Rajasthan in an open field. Over the years they were joined by other performers from across the country.
This colourful cast has made Kathputli one of Delhi's most famous slums. Its residents perform for guests at the city's five-star hotels, in plush restaurants, at parties thrown by embassies and wealthy businessmen, and for audiences around the world. But they return to their windowless huts without running water and basic sanitation.
Sala Priorité: Calle Montera 42, Metro : Gran Vía / Sol.
(8 May - 12 June)
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