The curtains of the ongoing SARAS Mela at Sector 88, Mohali fell with the continuous musical evenings and a variety of stalls of handicrafts of artisans across the country after the energetic performance of Punjabi Singer and Actor Gippy Grewal on yesterday night. People from all walks of life thronged the mela daily and evinced keen interest in handmade goods prepared finely by the artisans.
Besides the performance of folk dances of various states, musical evenings based on various singers and musical groups were also organised to mesmerise the visitors. Gippy Grewal while starting with his first song “Pawen Fulkari Utte Vail Bootian” enthralled the audience with his number of popular songs “Phulkari,” “Angreji Beat Te”, “Hun Bolno Vi Gayi” till the last one “Nawan-Nawan Nawan-Nawan Pyar Hoya Ae.” “18ve Ch Dharya Tu Pair Balliye Ni Paige Vair Baliye” was the song that enchanted the female audience to dance in front of the stage.
Nodal Officer, SARAS Mela and Additional Deputy Commissioner (Rural Development), Sonam Chaudhary expressed thanks to the Tricity residents for enjoying the musical evenings besides boosting the sales of artisans who came across the country to exhibit their art and handicrafts. Deputy Commissioner Mrs Aashika Jain while applauding all the team deputed for the successful holding of this 10-day Gala Event by the Mohali administration in collaboration with Rural Development and Panchayat Department, Punjab, said that the first-ever SARAS Mela of Mohali has scripted a new history in the Tricity with the inclusion of number of artisans, artists and singers and comedians across the country.
She said that the peaceful and smooth conduct of the SARAS Mela has made another significant contribution towards the success of organising such gatherings in future.The SARAS Mela exhibited 300 artisan and food stalls to the Tricity people besides performances of folk arts like Bean Jogi, Dancers, Nagara, puppet dance, Bazigar, and Kachi Ghodi to entertain the people who were roaming around the fair.
The Northern Zone Cultural Centre enthralled the people with folk dances from different states, including Bihu of Assam, Kalbelia of Rajasthan, Holi and Mayur dances of Barsana of UP, various dances of Haryana and Punjab. During the fair, theme-based programs were also conducted every day to make people aware of social concerns and evils and opportunities were also given to emerging artists from schools and colleges.