3.5 million people expected at world culture festival

The Art of Living foundation will hold a three-day World Culture Festival in New Delhi (March 11-13), a mega event celebrating the foundation’s 35 years. It hopes to bring together 3.5 million global citizens

The festival will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the World Culture Festival will witness the world’s largest stage set up over an area of 7 acres. This will be an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the ‘Largest temporary stage’ in the world. The festival emphasises co-existence and celebrates diversity by bringing together the power of 3.5 million people on a common platform.

The other highlights of the festival are:

• 35,973 artists are expected to perform at the festival which includes
• 8,000 musicians playing 40 instruments in a musical symphony,
• 650 drummers from South Africa and several tribal artists from Indian states such as Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Sikkim and others.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder, The Art of Living, said, “With the World Culture Festival, we hope to foster deeper understanding between people of different faiths, nationalities and backgrounds. By showcasing rich cultural traditions of dance, music and art from around the world as well as yoga, this festival will be a unique platform for spiritual and religious gurus, politicians, peacemakers and artists to spread the message of global peace and harmony in diversity.”