Rajasthan International Folk Festival

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{{Infobox music festival
| name = Rajasthan International Folk Festival
| image = Jodhpur RIFF.jpg
| caption = A group performing at [[Mehrangarh Fort]] in 2009
| location = [[Mehrangarh Fort]], [[Jodhpur]]
| years_active = 2007—present
| founders = [[Mehrangarh Museum Trust]],<br />
[[Jaipur Virasat Foundation]]
| dates = [[Sharad Purnima]], October
| genre = [[Folk music|Folk]], [[Fusion (music)|Fusion]]
| website = {{url|http://www.jodhpurriff.org/}}
}}

'''Rajasthan International Folk Festival''' (or '''Jodhpur RIFF''' or '''Jodhpur folk festival''') is an annual music and art festival organized to promote traditional folk music and arts held at [[Mehrangarh Fort]], [[Jodhpur]], [[Rajasthan]].<ref name='UNESCO 2008-09-15'>{{cite web | url = http://portal.unesco.org/geography/fr/ev.php-URL_ID=10140&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html | title = UNESCO Partners the Second Rajasthan International Folk Festival RIFF 2008 | accessdate = 2014-03-20 | author = UNESCO New Delhi}}</ref><ref name='pinkcity 2013-12-22'>{{cite news | first = Suganyasree | last = Rajesh | title = Pinkcity Guide to Jaipur | date = 2013-12-22 | url = http://www.pinkcity.com/jodhpur/riff/ | work = Pinkcity.com | accessdate = 2014-03-20 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140320042043/http://www.pinkcity.com/jodhpur/riff/ | archivedate = 2014-03-20}}</ref>

==History==

The festival was first organized as a [[not-for-profit]] partnership between [[Mehrangarh Museum Trust]] and [[Jaipur Virasat Foundation]] in October 2007.<ref name='UNESCO 2008-09-15' /><ref name='RIFFweb'>{{cite web | url = https://www.thepalaceonwheels.org/blog/rajasthan-international-folk-festival-in-jodhpur/ | title = Jodhpur RIFF | accessdate = 2014-03-20 | author = Jodhpur RIFF | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130810075358/http://www.jodhpurriff.org/aboutus.html | archivedate=2013-08-10}}</ref> The festival is timed to match the time of the brightest full moon of the year (which in Northern India is known as [[Sharad Purnima]]). The chief patron of the festival is [[Maharaja]] [[Gaj Singh]]. The festival is organized in and around [[Mehrangarh Fort]].<ref name='pinkcity 2013-12-22' />

==Programming==

The festival is planned to provide an open stage to all folk artists and musicians from [[India]] as well as from the globe. Around 250 musicians and artists from Rajasthan and elsewhere attend this festival.<ref name='pinkcity 2013-12-22' />

==International attention==

The festival is supported by [[UNESCO]] as a "People's Platform for Creativity and Sustainable Development".<ref name='UNESCO 2008-09-15' /><ref name="RIFFweb" /> In 2012 and 2013, ''[[Songlines (magazine)|Songlines]]'' regarded RIFF as one of the best 25 international festivals.<ref name='top25 2012'>{{cite news | title = 2012 Songlines best 25 | date = 2012-03-22 | publisher = [[Songlines (magazine)|Songlines]] | url = http://www.songlines.co.uk/world-music-news/2012/03/announcing-the-best-of-the-summer-festivals/ | accessdate = 2014-03-20 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131229031155/http://www.songlines.co.uk/world-music-news/2012/03/announcing-the-best-of-the-summer-festivals/ | archivedate=2013-12-29}}</ref><ref name='top25 2013'>{{cite news | title = Songlines best 25 | date = 2013-03-07 | publisher = [[Songlines (magazine)|Songlines]] | url = http://www.songlines.co.uk/world-music-news/2013/03/songlines-recommended-festival-list-for-2013-announced/ | accessdate = 2014-03-20 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140208004751/http://www.songlines.co.uk/world-music-news/2013/03/songlines-recommended-festival-list-for-2013-announced/ | archivedate=2014-02-08}}</ref>

==2013 edition==

The theme of 2013 edition of the festival was the ancient history of the Mehrangarh Fort<ref name='pinkcity 2013-12-22' /> which was selected as Asia's best fortress by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''.<ref name='time'>{{cite news | first = John | last = Krich | title = Time best of asia | year = 2007 | url = http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/best_of_asia/article/0,28804,1614524_1614473_1614445,00.html | work = Time magazine | accessdate = 2014-03-20 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140320043756/http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/best_of_asia/article/0,28804,1614524_1614473_1614445,00.html | archivedate = 2014-03-20}}</ref> The year's featured performances include Afghani [[rubab (instrument)|rubab]] player [[Daud Khan Sadozai]], sessions on the culture of [[Manganiar]] of [[Marwar]], the Rajasthani artists with [[Dilshad Khan]], and [[Manu Chao]].<ref name='pinkcity 2013-12-22' /><ref name='wildcity'>{{cite news | title = Wild city music guide | date = 2013-10-21 | url = http://www.thewildcity.com/EN/events.xhtml/event/4502-jodhpur-riff-1721-oct | work = wild city | accessdate = 2014-03-20 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140320043910/http://www.thewildcity.com/EN/events.xhtml/event/4502-jodhpur-riff-1721-oct | archivedate = 2014-03-20}}</ref>

==2015 edition==
Jodhpur RIFF celebrated its ninth edition from 23 to 27 October. This year [[Grammy award]] winners [[Wouter Kellerman]] and [[Yossi Fine]] performed their music. <ref name="News18 09-Oct-2015">{{cite news |url=http://www.news18.com/news/rajasthan/jodhpur-folk-fest-presenting-new-forms-of-music-to-the-country-819835.html |title=Jodhpur RIFF: Presenting new form of music |work=NEWS 18 |date=2015-10-09 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009180456/http://www.news18.com/news/rajasthan/jodhpur-folk-fest-presenting-new-forms-of-music-to-the-country-819835.html?utm_source=akmin-wsf-sts&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=akmin-news18-English-rj&rgn=rj&wsf_iref=home-0-HP-SPT-State%20News |archivedate=2015-10-09 |accessdate=2015-10-09 }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Arts festivals in India]]
[[Category:Folk festivals in India]]
[[Category:Indian music]]
[[Category:World music festivals]]
[[Category:Rajasthani folklore]]
[[Category:Jodhpur]]

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