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DIAF : Delhi International Arts Festival India’s 'Signature Festival' is the longest multi arts, multi venue cultural festival. DIAF is the only Cultural Festival that is based on public-private-partnership with Union Government and State Government agencies involved with NGO’s, Corporate’s and the civil society, to create the lasting cultural equity for the nation.

Nearly a million people were touched by the Delhi International Arts Festival in it’s very first year, not accounting for the television viewership and the online consumers. DIAF in 2007 was a 17 day event with 40 venues spread over the National Capital Region of Delhi, 900 artistes, both national and international performed under its banner and 3 premium exhibitions embellished it. For more details, please visit www.diaf.in.

Unique features of the Delhi International Arts Festival


 * India’s Signature Festival (The most important cultural festival of India)
 * Promotes Delhi as a destination for international cultural tourism
 * Provides a significant forum for cultural diplomacy
 * The first public private International Arts Festival of India
 * Incorporates varied art forms national and international.
 * Slated to be the annual International Festival of India
 * Aimed at making Delhi a global arts destination
 * Multi Discipline- music, dance, theatre, films, cuisine, art exhibitions, literature, poetry, folk music and dance, traditional theatre, western music, International acts, Fusion- both classical and western, martial arts etc.
 * Multi Venue- over 45 overlapping venues, from theatres like Kamani and Siri Fort to large open air venues such as Central Park(CP), Chandni Chowk, Dilli Haat, Pragati Maidan, Japanese Garden etc.
 * Intensive – over three weeks that ensures that the whole city comes alive with extensive multi media advertising.
 * Forum for Corporates to project themselves as the promoters of the ‘New India’ claiming its rightful place in the world.
 * Gives an opportunity to Corporates and MNCs to strengthen their ties with Government agencies by reaffirming their commitment to strengthen India’s position as a global soft power.
 * Promotes the best of arts to all age groups and all sections of society thereby creating newer consumers of arts and building a larger base of culture aficionados.

--Caldenmd (talk) 10:19, 13 August 2012 (UTC)