panchkula its more of a cultural interaction at the fest with the people of different states of the country than a bazaar to buy craft work on saturday morning locals were seen sitting and having conversation regarding their respective lifestyle culture habits with the people of different states in city for nzccs silver jubilee celebrations people were found hanging around leh ladakh nagaland jharkhand west bengal and puducherry stalls to strike a conversation with people from these states the zonal culture centre is holding its silver jubilee celebrations at the parade ground sector5 panchkula through a fourday fest from april 13 to 16 the fest was inaugurated by the prime minister manmohan singh and upa chief sonia gandhi was the chief guest the seven zones were open to public on saturday we can buy craft items any time but cannot get quality time with our brothers and sisters from other states we want to know about their culture and lifestyle how they live what they do when they are happy what they eat pets they keep and many other things said gayatri a resident of sector 15 panchkula gayatri was seen in conversation with leh ladakh women she added i also asked these women how they manage to wear heavy clothes and jewellery in daytoday wear its great to come here and to be able to have a conversation with locals who are talking about their lifestyle and culture we also performed bhangra together we will surely take back sweet memories with us from here said sri yang cul from ladakh she added we did taste the food here and its very different especially tandoori food and halwa in sweet dish its like we have been able to see the whole of india together at one place though the craft items which they have got from their native place are very nice but we are more interested in talking to them i feels like we have been transported to a different state altogether said ramdheer a resident of sector 21 panchkula who had come with his family ramdheer was quite interested in chatting with people from nagaland he added in fact a visit to this place rather adds to the knowledge base and that is the reason i have got my kids here we are not too bothered about the sale as we really want to take memorable moments along with us people visiting our stall want to know what we do there what kind of work is popular and at what time we sleep said rosteer from puducherry