Dahanu Festival is back to celebrate the town’s rich culture

Updated On: 20 February, 2024 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Devashish Kamble

The Dahanu Festival returns with its second edition this weekend to celebrate the coastal town’s rich cultural legacy

Dancers perform with the tarpa, a tribal wind instrument crafted using dried gourd, leaves and bamboo, at the previous edition of the festival

As you drive towards the coastal town of Dahanu, you’ll witness the city slowly melt away along the journey. The high-rises are the first to give way, to thick green avenues. The soundtrack of blaring horns cuts to a therapeutic silence a little further away; and as you finally enter the humble town, the dying tradition of greeting strangers with a smile makes a pleasant comeback. A town so tranquil that even the city’s most diligent workhorse, the Mumbai local, chooses to rest here. Dahanu Festival, an annual celebration of the town’s multicultural history organised by the Dahanu Municipal Council, Government of Maharashtra, and local governing bodies, returns on February 23.

The festival will offer expert-guided paragliding sessions