its the time for festivals and ones not talking about diwali as the capital braces for the many music and art festivals in the coming weeks rajasthan has already hosted the jodhpur riff now its time for the first music arts and culture festival set in the thar desert titled ragasthan an ecofriendly festival working towards sustainable collaborations with local artisans endorsed and supported by the iccr indian council of cultural relations ministry of culture incredible india embassy of iceland and the narcotics control bureau ragasthan will be held from 16 to 18 november 2012 at kanoi dunes jaisalmer the festival aims to create the desert feel as dark nights promise a spread of openair music art movie screenings and food from remote parts of the country the highlight includes big boys of indian rock and roll parikrama and advaita for the main stage to metal band brahma playing a rare acoustic set artist shiva sound system uk and berlins bassheavy electronica queen mother perera jahcoozi bpitch control for the electronic stage also therell chalo africa democratic republic of congo negra pradera latin salsa flamenco local rajasthani acts such as kalbeliya ghoomar and shubhraj and the very electric shrilektric uk for cinema buffs film screenings are lined up as one can sprawl on mats and blankets on a wintry night under a canopy of stars in the vast desert midnight amidst bonfires hot chocolate and popcorn films include scifi londons ghosts with shit jobs canada 95 mins indian premiere stingray sam usa 61 mins indian premiere and pig 90 mins usa among othersthe section titled ujalo light will have special guests in louis savvy director scifi film festival uk and dev bengal while benegals road movie shot partly in the desert with stark landscapes and dreamy sequences of life in the desert villages will be screened louis will give a talk on lowno budget scifi filmmaking the paupers guide to science fiction film i am so excited to be part of the ragasthan festival to have the chance to show some cool movies in the sand dunes at midnight is simply awesome says louis delhi plays a special role in ragasthan having a huge list of performers apart from bangalore mumbai and international artists apart from parikrama notable delhi participants include indigo children them clones tapan midival punditz dualist inquiry nucleya peter cat recording co half step down big bang blues moniker wild city dj ash roy jalebee cartel ashvin mani sharma jalebee cartel shantanu pandit reggae rajahs