{"id":7846,"date":"2020-02-08T22:01:12","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T16:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/?p=7846"},"modified":"2020-02-09T08:57:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T03:27:19","slug":"desert-festival-in-jaisalmer-all-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/desert-festival-in-jaisalmer-all-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Desert Festival in Jaisalmer: All you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jaipur: The tourism department of the Rajasthan government organizes Desert Festival in Jaisalmer every year. The four-day festival is being organized from February 6 to February 9 in 2020. The tourists from all over the world participate in and witness an array of cultural activities and sports during the festival. A senior tourism department official said that the festival has become a flagship event for promoting the world-famous desert tourism of Rajasthan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, the department in association with Jaislamer district administration, local artists and organizations organized an array of activities. The festival kicked off with a magnificent procession that started at Gandhi Chowk in Pokharan on February 6. The local artists presented folk dance and music during the procession. Various fund activities such as tug of war, \u2018mataka daud (run)\u2019, kabbadi and drawing competition were organized on the first day fo the festival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Desert Festival in Jaisalmer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the evening, a drawing competition\nand several other activities were organized for tourists at Khabha Fort in Jaisalmer.\nThis was followed a heritage walk from Gandhisar Lake to Laxminath Temple. A\nbeautiful leaser show was organized in the evening during which a \u2018sandscape\u2019\npresentation was given by the local artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the second day of the festival on February\n7, a procession was taken out from Jaisalmer Fort to Martyr Poonam Singh Stadium.\nSeveral competition and shows such as Mr Desert, Mr Moosal, Rajasthani Dress\nCompetition and sand art display were also organized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An impressive show of strength and\nvalour by the Indian Air Force, band display by Indian Army, camel decoration,\npolo match, band music in the dunes, tug of war and many other cultural activities\nmarked the third day of the festival on February 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the last day of the festival, peacock\nsighting, kite competition in the Sam sand dunes, horse racing, dance show,\ncattle show, wall painting, Rangoli and Manda competition will be held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis year we are planning to set a\nworld record by organizing a folk music event that will see participation of\nmore than 1000 local artists in Sam sand dunes. A celebrity music performance by\nRicha Sharma is also slated to be held tomorrow. The festival will end with beautiful\nfireworks at 10 pm,\u201d said a senior tourism department officer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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