CURRENT OPPORTUNITY · SEEKING PARTNERS
Saaj, The Festival of Panjabiyat.
A celebration of Punjab’s music, poetry, craft and food — and of a diaspora that carries it across the world. We are seeking partners to make it a meeting place of cultures.
JB-224 · PHULKARI-DRAPED STAGE WITH BHANGRA PERFORMERS AT DUSK
IN SHORT
Why partner with Saaj?
Punjab’s culture is one of the most widely travelled in the world. Saaj invites the world’s cultural houses, missions and foundations to co-curate, co-create and co-host with Punjabi artists and artisans — and to take that collaboration home.
WAYS TO PARTNER
Choose how you join.
JB-225 · SAAJ CULTURAL ALLY
Cultural Ally
Foreign cultural houses co-curate a strand or bring artists.
JB-226 · SAAJ COUNTRY PARTNER
Country Partner
A nation takes a featured presence, with diaspora roadshows.
JB-227 · SAAJ FOUNDATION PARTNER
Foundation partner
Support residencies, fellowships or the craft programme.
JB-228 · SAAJ CSR PARTNER
CSR partner
Fund artisan, youth or heritage-games strands under Schedule VII.
JB-229 · SAAJ UNIVERSITY PARTNER
University partner
Research, documentation and student programmes.
JB-230 · SAAJ MEDIA PARTNER
Media partner
Bring Saaj to audiences at home and abroad.
WHAT IT CELEBRATES
Panjabiyat, in all its forms.
JB-231 · GURBANI AND SUFI MUSIC
Gurbani and Sufi music
JB-232 · BHANGRA AND GIDDHA
Bhangra and giddha
JB-233 · PHULKARI
Phulkari
JB-234 · PUNJABI POETRY
Punjabi poetry
JB-235 · LANGAR AND CUISINE
Langar and cuisine
JB-236 · GATKA AND HERITAGE GAMES
Gatka and heritage games
QUESTIONS
About Saaj.
What is Saaj?+
Saaj, The Festival of Panjabiyat, is a festival celebrating Punjabi music, poetry, craft, food and living traditions, with cultural houses and country partners from around the world.
What is Jugalbandi Foundation’s role?+
Saaj is produced by Epique LIVE and Eventful India. Jugalbandi Foundation is its cultural associate, building partnerships with cultural houses, missions, foundations and CSR partners.
Who can partner?+
Foreign cultural institutes and missions, Indian and international foundations, universities, state bodies, CSR partners and diaspora organisations.
Bring your culture to Saaj.
Tell us how your institution or country would like to take part.