Echoes in the Valley Music Festival 2017

Echoes in the Valley is a music festival that aims to preserve, promote and fore-see diverse traditional performing arts from Kathmandu.

The festival strives to uncover, revive and make relevant Kathmandu’s intangible heritages and disappearing sounds by showcasing local music, art, and performances of everyday rituals. It will transform small neighbourhoods into grand stages for musical conversations between international and local artists.

The festival is organized by Kanta dAb dAb's social initiative 'Musicians for Musicians' in collaboration with local community organizations.


LIVE PERFORMANCES
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10:30 AM | NASA: NANI
Opening Ceremony - Procession with Dha: Baja by Asa Baja Guthi and Jana Baha Gunla Baja Kasaa: Tadha Guthi from Nasa: Nani to Ason

11 AM | ASON
Three Bhajan Khala: Jana Baha Bhajan, Shree Annapurna Gyanmala Bhajan Khala and All Women Bhajan Khala from Manamaiju and Gongabu with Nhuchhe Bahadur Dangol

12 PM | JANA BAHA
Ma and Cycle (Ensembles from Kathmandu University, Department of Music)

12:45 PM | BALKUMARI SATAH
Project Sarangi

1 PM | ASON
Helsinki Uniarts Collective (Finland)

1 PM | DAGU BAHA
Asa Baja Guthi Dapha Music

1:45 PM | BALKUMARI SATAH
Sound Sketch

2 PM | JANA BAHA
Word Warriors: A Poetry Slam Group followed by Didibahini and All Women Music Group

2:45 PM | BALKUMARI SATAH
Saroday

3 PM | ASON
Earth’a & Resonance Of Roots (NEPAL MUSIC CENTER ensembles)

3:45 | BALKUMARI SATAH
Collaboration and Interaction between local & international artists

4 PM | JANA BAHA
Night

4:45 PM | BALKUMARI SATAH
Project Sarangi

5 PM | ASON
KANTA dAb dAb

5:45 PM | BALKUMARI SATAH
Collaboration and Interaction between local & international artists

6 PM | DAGU BAHA
Tara Bir Singh Tuladhar

6 PM | JANA BAHA
Hari Maharjan Project (HMP) & Daniel Givone (France)

7 PM | ASON TO JANA BAHA
Closing Ceremony - Processions with Dha: music from Asa Baja Guthi and Jana Baha Gunla Baja Kasaa: Tadha Guthi


WORKSHOPS
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11 AM & 1 PM | TACHHEN BAHA
Music Workshops for Kids by लय’ले शिक्षा Laya’le Shikchya. Interested candidates, please contact Kushal Karki (9841257058)

3 PM | DAGU BAHA
Puja Jwola: Workshop (Etaa, Jajanka, Torma making). Interested candidates, please contact Sujan Tuladhar (9808909977).


EXHIBITIONS
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11 AM ONWARDS | PALTAN CHHEN
Photo Exhibition - History Begins at Home, suppored by Nepal Picture Library
Art Exhibition featuring local artists


GUIDED TOUR
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We will have two guided neighbourhood walks from Kamalachi to Jana Baha. Details will be announced soon.