Dancing Maharajas - Manchester Mela

The Dancing Maharajas produced by Festive Road and Cohesion Plus, featuring Four by Four Bhangra, is a promenade and processional performance with a life-size pedal-powered mechanical elephant puppet (Festive Road's Harminder), dancing Maharajas and musicians, inspired by the culture of Northern India. The show captures the opulence, colour and vibrancy of the Sikh empire in India, and celebrates cultural diversity.
The show celebrates cultural diversity, bringing something different to all sectors of the community, and encouraging public engagement in arts and culture.
It involves and explores a number of art forms:
Bhangra Folk Dance
Mobile mechanical art
Punjabi folk singing
Dhol drumming
Street theatre /outdoor arts
Fusion of art and engineering