Saanjhi-2016

Sardar Patel Vidyalaya invited various schools of Delhi to participate in their annual folk festival, Saanjhi on December 16th 2016. Our schools participation in such a festival helped our children learn through collaborative learning and to enjoy the literature, culture and food of diverse communities. It was a platform which enabled school children to connect with their folk traditions giving them an opportunity to reconnect with their past. Saanjhi was not a competition but a celebration of colour, joy, music, dance and literature aimed at conserving our rich heritage for future generations. Keeping this in mind, students of The Indian School participated in all three events organized by them. The events were as follows: STORY TELLING for Classes IV and V FOLK ART WORKSHOP for Classes VI to XI FOLK MUSIC EXPOSITION for Classes VI to XI The participants were accompanied by teachers Mr. Sidharth Dalbehra and Ms. Priya Manchanda. The students of classes IV and V enacted a folklore from Uttar Pradesh depicting the various uses and importance of pumpkin. The participants for this event were Navyasha Sinha, Hanaan Ansari, Aaditya Kandpal, Sanskriti Chabbra of class IV and Anika Agarwal, Sejal Gupta, Anthariksh Nair and Rudra Punj of class V. A team of 15 students from classes VI X participated in the folk art and craft event. In this event, our students chose the lippan folk art form of Gujarat. [gallery link="file"] The host school had made the event more enjoyable by allowing participants to choose any one form of art from among embroidery, handicraft, puppet making and folk art and avail the chance to learn this from artistes present at the venue. Students who participated in this event were Navyukta Bist (VI), Gauhar Gupta (VII), Jayaditya (VIII), AditiVerma (IX) and Nitya Soni (X). Our students also presented a Punjabi folk song Chhalla, which depicts a lady talking to her challa (ring) which her beloved has gifted her. The audience seemed very moved by the soulful rendition of the song. The participants here were Vedanti Taneja (VI-D), Saumi Lahiri (VII-C), Idha Baghi (VIII-D), Lakshay Gupta (IX-A), Dhriti Chatterjee (IX-A), Sachin Dayal (IX-A), Raunak Maini (IX-A), Ananya Sahdev (IX-B), Anmol Singh Gandhi (IX-C), Meharpreet Singh (IX-C), Epri Pratyaksh Sai (IX-E), Milanpreet Kaur (X-B),Shivangini Sharma (X-C),Chirag Singh (X-E) and Arunima Palit (IX-D). Our students enjoyed this cultural extravaganza immensely. A visit well-worth it. Dhriti Chatterjee IXA and Aditi Verma IXC.