Rakshabandhan, 2010 Video:
Festivals – Rakshabandhan: Reimagining Love & Protection
Venue and Event Partner
Cafe Zaffiro @ Zaza
25-26 Community Center, Zamrudpur
Greater Kailash 1, New Delhi 110048
Date / Time
Saturday August 13, 2011
12 noon to 5 pm
Dress Code
Red
Entry Details
Entry by invitation only.
Invitations are available against a donation of Rs. 1000.
Inclusive of brunch and beer.
Donations are exempt from tax under Section 80 G and 35AC.
Contact Himanshu Verma / Himanshu@redearthindia.com / 011-41671100
About
Celebrate Rakshabandhan, the festival of love and bonding with a difference this year. On the day of Rakhi, sisters tie a rakhi to their brother’s wrists, cementing the bond of kinship and representing the brother’s lifelong vow to protect her.
This year, we hope to re-imagine the festival by liberating it from the context of fraternal-sororal love. We hope to encourage friends, lovers, and loved ones to tie Rakhis to each other, as a communal act of coming together and expressing love in its broadest context. Indeed history tells us that this was common practice but the festival has become streamlined solely on brother-sister love. It is time to reclaim this beautiful idea!
We also wish to re-imagine protection – it is not just the men who can protect, and hence we hope by tying a rakhi to a female friend, you will invert this scheme of things. Don’t forget to eat lots of sweets and demand gifts from your rakhi partners!
We are also celebrating with special Monsoon Fashion rakhis, featuring special limited edition designer rakhis by the country’s leading designers.
Also Featuring
Rakhi Tying Games
Poetry Readings
Short Films
Performances
Images –Click to Enlarge
Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Meena Kadri
Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Manoj Vishwakarma