Journeying Across The Himalayas is a first-of-its-kind multidisciplinary festival that celebrates stories of and from the Himalayas.
Bringing together travellers and communities through installations, exhibitions, and experiences, the festival spans visual and performing arts like music, dance, theatre, culinary journeys, conversations, and more. Offering immersive ways to engage with the Himalayas, it opens a window into the many voices, experiences, and cultures that shape the region.
The Himalayas are ever changing; ever evolving; ever ‘Becoming’. As they transform, so do we, in our encounter with them.
As we alter it, so it alters us.
A filmmaker's gaze shifts after days spent with herders. A designer's work is reoriented by a craftsperson's lived experience. A researcher's questions are reshaped by altitude, weather, and conversation. The rider finds something fundamental awakened through the winding road and its encounters. Visitors don't leave unchanged – altered by proximity to communities and their heritage, they in turn alter what the festival becomes: a site for mutual transformation.
The theme for the second edition of the Journeying Across The Himalayas, “Ours to Tell”, explored the Himalayas as a living archive of stories, identities and traditions—bringing together artists, communities and audiences in a shared space of dialogue and discovery.
“Ours to Tell” sought to platform the voices of its people and communities—their visual and material culture, language and oral traditions, culinary heritage and indigenous knowledge systems. The festival became a melting pot of diverse narratives, celebrating the layered histories and contemporary expressions that shape the Himalayan cultural landscape.
