Kankaria Carnival 2013 announced

Ahmedabad, 23 December 2013

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation(AMC) has shared the details of upcoming Kankaria Carnival 2013 which is to be held during 25-31 December. Unlike previous years, Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi is not coming to inaugurate the festival. Following are the details of this year’s carnival:

New attractions to be added this year:

-Bhoomi pujan and inauguration of 30 different works worth Rs. 125 crore.

-A 75 minute long Mega audio visual performance under the theme of ‘Ame Utsav Premi Amdavadi’, involving more than 100 artists.

Aero modelling: Unmanned helicopters, gliders, powered Aeroplanes, quoadcopter, hexacopter, line control aeroplane. On 29-30-31 December for 30 minutes on foot ball ground and Naginawadi plot.

-Aqua scripting: 13 ft long, 21 ft tall, 1 ft deep specially designed gadget.

-Laset show with 3d effect on ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat’ theme.

-Live characters, bahurupi, avtars.

-Mega magician show, lady magician show

-Branded food courts

-LED backdrop.

-Rock bands.

More: Scuba diving, Rangoli, regional cultural programms, debate, essay, painting competitions. SRP band, Police band, Army band, piper band. Gymnastic, judo karate demonstration. Traditional sports, tricycle rally. Senior citizens sports festival. Gujarat Police’s arms exhibition. Dog show, Horse show. Laughing club gathering, Yoga.

Opening of roller coaster, fruits ride and Panchatantra vatika’s crocodile and monkey tale at Balwatika.

Following works are under progress and will open for public only in next year:

Amusement park-1
Discovery
Black-flash
Maverick
Vertical Swing
Ring of Fire

Amusement park-2
Carozel
Mega disco
Tower ride
Flipping arm
Kids zone
Paint ball