Last month, JVF artistic director Divya Bhatia, community director Vinod Joshi, regional coordinator Naveen Mathur and intern James Boyd headed out to Balotra, Jasol and Kanana to meet some friends of the organization, see a festival JVF sponsors and check out the Ger festival in Kanana.

Read on for photos and more.

Our first stop was Jasol to see Nahar Singh ji Jasol, the former curator of the Mehrangarh museum. We saw his new book and chatted for a while about politics, music and recent events around Jasol.

Divya, Nahar Singh Ji Jasol, Naveen and Vinod (L-R)

Later that night, we headed off to Jasol proper to see a small Ger concert in the town square.

Ger dancers in the Jasol Square

Paras Mali, head of the Ger troupe, with Vinod

Shri Mula Ram Ji shows us a beautiful old-fashioned Ger costume.

The Ger dancing and revelry did not end until 1 a.m., and the JVF crew was thoroughly tired and wired after the exciting concert. The next day, we set off for Kanana to see the Ger festival there, which was extraordinary:

Jumma Khan was there in full form.

As you can see from the pictures above, the Balotra concert was very successful, having many sponsors from Balotra and across India. JVF has been sponsoring this concert for the past 4-5 years and now that it's reached self-sufficiency we will actively look for other festivals in the area to support.