Incredible! Three Indians and the art of Mallakhamb
The artists invited by UmmiGummi to OLALA surprise again and again.
Culture & Scene · July 28, 2017 Silvia Ebner
For more than a quarter of a century, Hans Mutschlechner and UmmiGummi have been transforming the city of Lienz - and meanwhile Sillian, Matrei and Innichen - into an international hotspot of street art in the last week of July. And yet, the artists discovered by 'Mutsch' around the world always surprise anew. The quality of the acrobatics, artistry, music, or installations shown often exceed even the very high expectations of the audience in Lienz.

A special surprise this year is the Indian group 'Incredible Mallakhamb', which will take place on Friday and Saturday at 20:30 at Schloss Bruck for another Austrian champion. To bring the young Indian Anup Thakur, 25, Deepak Shined, 21 and Tamaji Momdarkar, 20, from Mumbai to Lienz at all, it was not only a nerve-racking bureaucracy around visa applications, but also a good dose of patience and humor Found that the driver of the taxi service at Munich Airport chauffeured the three most far-traveled passengers not as planned to Lienz, but only once to Linz.

The three took this embarrassing error. 'We just tried to sleep a few extra hours in the car. Now we are here and Lienz is beautiful, 'says Anup Thakur and laughs..