Bonjour India returns to Puducherry in April
The Hindu
The fourth edition of the cultural fete will feature 120 events across 19 India cities
The ‘Bonjour India’ festival hosted by various French diplomatic missions and cultural agencies will feature eclectic art and cultural shows through April-May.
The fourth edition of the festival, marking its return after the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, coincides with the 75 th anniversary of Indian Independence and Indo-French diplomatic relations.
Bonjour India 2022 will showcase 120 events across 19 Indian cities, co-created by French and Indian partners in domains ranging across education, science, literature, cinema, gastronomy, street art, performing arts and photography. As a collaborative and inclusive festival, it will feature events that seek to reclaim urban public spaces and raise questions about equality of access and gender issues.
The festival hits the streets of this city, literally so, on April 3 with a circus event ‘A Twist of Fate’, taglined ‘a deambulatory show by Les Grandes Personnes from Aubervilliers in France.’ The Les Grandes Personnes, a performance company, is famed for their magnified, larger-than-life form of puppetry featuring gigantic sculptures in a fusion of visual art and theatrical expression.
The giant structures that will roll into the city were constructed during a residency in Puducherry in March 2020 with the theatre students from Pondicherry University and pupils from Calvé College.
The show will portrays a weird set of characters, including a young boy Chinaa and a little girl Meenu, who sometimes resembles a tigeress, and their parents, the handsome Karna and the phantom-like Kanchana. Also thrown into the intriguing mix is a parakeet with astrological powers, which will pick a card that changes the fate of the family.
A different circus experience follows on April 7, featuring home-grown Company Distil, which will present its latest project ‘Analemma.’
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