bangalore rap to raga country gospel to contemporary and semi classical soft rock to black gospel and more friday evening had some soulful celebration of melody at the 17th glorious festival of harmony at ambedkar bhavan despite the mild showers many music lovers gathered for the event an annual extravaganza the festival will have its prayers and musical performances dedicated to the nation the opening night had a mixed bag of instrumental and vocal performances by schools and bands not just from bangalore but also pune and chennai the threeday festival will have 30 groups of musicians performing at the venue every evening at 530 pm to mark independence day a handicrafts fair is also being organized by the tagore cultural centre the bengalee association till sunday message of unity we are one the message was loud and clear as disseminated through traditional art forms at ravindra kalakshetra on friday performed by 250 artistes the event organized by the department of kannada and culture to mark independence day showcased art forms like dollukunitha and thamate the department organized similar programmes at seven other locations