Journeying Across The Himalayas

Royal Enfield Social Mission presents the inaugural edition of ‘Journeying Across the Himalayas’, a first-of-its-kind festival celebrating the timeless legacy of the Himalayan landscape, people, craft and culture. This multidisciplinary festival showcase is dedicated to celebrating and safeguarding the unique heritage of Royal Enfield’s spiritual home – The Himalayas.

Exhibition Highlights:

– The From Folk to Fabric: The Himalayan Knot Textile Exhibition:

– An Ode to the Snow Leopard: Filmmakers Gautam Pandey and Doel Trivedi create a first-of-its-kind 360-degree VR film experience

– Green Pit Stops: Harmony by Design: Curator and artist Vishal Dar showcases Harmony by Design

– The Helmets for India, Art for Change exhibition

– Helmeted Hyphae: Designed and executed by ST+ART, Helmeted Hyphae is a strikingly unique, six-foot-high structure

– Fellowship for Creative Practitioners, presented in partnership with the Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art, New Delhi

– Evolution of Ice Hockey in Ladakh: Then & Now showcase

– The Shape of the Wind is a Tree: An exhibition showcasing works by the recipients of The Himalayan Fellowship for Creative Practitioners.

– The immersive, experiential multimedia space Through the Lens of Community, Conservation and Culture in partnership with Green Hub

– Entanglements: A site-specific installation in partnership with sā Ladakh

Workshops and Discussions

Panel discussions will cover topics such as safeguarding intangible cultural heritage, responsible tourism, and climate resilience; while also exploring themes of human-animal harmony, culinary heritage, climate literacy, systems thinking for sustainable solutions, etc. The festival will additionally feature engaging sessions on modern storytelling techniques and include poetry

and oral traditions. Prominent speakers from conservation, crafts, culinary and contemporary art, filmmakers and authors will join representatives from the Himalayan communities, especially youth changemakers, in discussions that platform stories from the Himalayas to make complex issues such as climate change accessible to the general public. Visitors are encouraged to immerse themselves in the festival’s curated food experiences and hands-on workshops on Himalayan crafts and circularity.

Festival Shops

Curated festival shops will offer unique Himalayan products, including decor, produce, books, and handicrafts. A special apparel pop-up, The Himalayan Knot, will feature collaborations such as Royal Enfield x EKA x Looms of Ladakh, Royal Enfield x Countrymade x The Action Northeast Trust, and Royal Enfield x Sonam Dubal x The Action Northeast Trust, along with collections by Ladakh-based Namza Couture, Ura Maku from Assam, Jejum Gadi from Arunachal Pradesh, SWGT from Uttarakhand, and more, showcasing clothing and accessories that honour Himalayan heritage.