Metropolis Asia

26.1833°N 91.7333°E / 26.1833; 91.7333

Metropolis Asia
Genre	Art, Culture, Music, Literature
Dates	January
Location(s)	Guwahati India
Years active	2013–present
Founders	Ranjan Engti (Founding Director) Chombay Kee (Festival Chairman)
Website	www.metropolisasia.com

"Metropolis": Urban Winter Festival is an annual arts, craft and music festival held in the month of January in Guwahati. It is a 3 day long festival. Metropolis is a collaboration of creative talents from India and other parts of the world. Founded in the year 2011 by the artist Ranjan Engti, the festival recognizes and showcases the work people in the field of music, arts, photography, craft, literature, film making, gaming and fashion.[1][2]

History

The 5th edition of Metropolis witnessed the participation of the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan as the "Focus Country", thereby showcasing its socio-cultural heritage to the people of Guwahati. During the lockdown they released Artyard (The celebration of Art- Verse- City) with the versatile D'Passion Collective mentor Sattyakee D'com Bhuyan[3]

Editions

Year	Date	Footfall	Key attractions	Theme
2017	6, 7 and 8 January	2.56 lakh	Bhutan (As focus country) Red Bull Tour Bus "Juke Box" Concert.	Vintage Vigor
2016	8, 9 and 10 January	1.87 lakh	Felicitation to young achievers of Northeast India. Collaboration with State Youth Festival. More than 45 cultural troops had participated during 3 days of the festival. Bombay Basement, Pink Noise, Sakina Khan, Tritha Electric. The "AQUA STAGE"	Aqua Kingdom
2015	9, 10 and 11 January	1.30 lakh	Lama Tashi (Grammy Nominee from Northeast)
2014	10, 11 and 12 January	80,000	Santanu Hazarika (World Doodle Art Winner 2014 ) Papon, Soulmate, Tetseo-Sisters, Your-Chin, Guru Rewben Mashangva, Omak Kamut Collective, Ganesh Talkies.
2013	11, 12 and 13 January	45,000	Zoya Akhtar (renowned Indian film director and screenwriter), Reema Kagti (renowned Indian film director and screenwriter) Anusha Rizvi (Director of Peepli Live)

Sponsors and Past Associates

Metropolis have been sponsored by OIL, ONGC, NRL, Vodafone SuperNet 4G, Red Bull, Pepsi MTV Indies, Spicejet, Airtel, Idea, SBI, LIC, Sony, Panasonic, Mahindra.^[citation needed]

Metropolis have also received support from various departments of the Government of Assam:-

Dept. of Tourism, Govt. of Assam, Assam State Disaster Management Authority, Guwahati Municipal Corporation, Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority, District Disaster Management Authority, Kamrup Metro, Sports & Youth Welfare Department, Govt. of Assam

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References

1. An interview with the founder of Metropolis Asia
2. A video on Metropolis Urban Winter festival
3. https://m.facebook.com/metropolisasiacollective/photos/a.404540143048437/1951658225003280/?type=3&_rdr
4. "ARTYARD | Chapter II | Verse in Motion". YouTube. 4 October 2020.