Audience danced to folk dances like Rathwa, Rauf and Chari at Shilpgram Festival

On the third day of the ten-day long Shilpgram Festival being organised by the Western Region Cultural Centre, Udaipur at Hawala, hundreds of devotees witnessed folk dances and other folk performances from different states on the Muktakashhi stage on Monday. Also, people danced to folk tunes. The program started with the presentation of Pandavani singing, a symbol of Chhattisgarh’s folk art, on the Muktakash stage of Shilpgram.When the programme Lok ke Rang – Lok ke Sang reached its climax with the Gujarati tribal dance Rathwa, the audience was seen filled with enthusiasm, excitement as well as a sense of respect for the culture.

While Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmauri Nati and Karnataka’s Devi worship dance Pooja Kunitha filled the atmosphere of Shilpgram Festival with devotion, the rhythmic and beautiful presentation of Goa’s Dekhni Dance mesmerized the audience.The audience danced to the beautiful coordination of the dancers in Kashmir’s folk dance Rouf and the song and music of Bumro Bumro… Along with this, the audience was seen matching the rhythm with the dancers to the tune of Maharashtra’s Lavani dance.While Gujarat’s Talwar Raas enthralled the audience with its display of war skills of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country’s independence, the Manipuri Lai Haroba dance not only won the hearts of the people but also received a lot of applause.

Among these presentations, the Sahariya tribe folk dance from the tribal region of Baran district of Rajasthan left its mark by presenting the Holi drama.In this dance, the audience got mesmerized by the expressions of the dancers, and many times during the dance they were seen swaying and getting emotional. During these performances, the ‘skit’ directed by Saurabh Bhatt tickled the audience a lot. In this, the acting of Saurabh Bhatt, Asif, Mehmood and Abhishek Jhankal was commendable.

In this dance, the heroine feels sad during the Holi days due to separation from her beloved who has gone abroad, and sings, “My golden nose ring got lost while playing Holi, my golden nose ring is made of brass without my beloved.” The dancers dressed as wild animals dance with her, joke and tease her by calling her husband’s name. In the tradition of Sahariya tribe, this dance continues for the whole night, in which the sorrow of separation from the beloved and the happiness of union in the end is depicted.Team leader Gopal Dhanuk says that this dance is of three types, in which the dance of worship of the goddess is performed for nine days during Chaitra and Sharadiya Navratri, while on the festival of Holi, this dance is performed in the villages of Sahariya people throughout the month of Falgun. The Holi dance was shown in the Shilpgram Festival.

Gopal says that the credit for bringing this dance to the public and training the tribal dancers goes to Furqan Khan, Director of West Zone Cultural CentreWhen he was in Western Region Cultural Centre in 2011-12, he brought us here from the village and today this folk dance has made its mark in entire India.

Punjab Governor Shri Gulab Chand Kataria will visit Shilpgram on Tuesday evening. During this, he will inspect the Shilpgram complex on a golf cart.After this, Muktakash will address the folk art lovers after lighting the lamp on the stage. Also, presentations full of folk culture will be seen on the stage.

Shilpgram Festival, ‘Hivda Re Hook’ program started on Sunday. In this program going on at Banjara stage, every music lover is getting a full opportunity to show their talentThis program is providing a platform to participants of all ages who want to quench the pain of their heart by singing folk songs or songs at home or on an app.यह ‘हूक’ प्रोग्राम 29 दिसंबर तक रोजाना दिन में 12 बजे से दोपहर 4 बजे तक चलेगा।During the presentations in ‘Hivda Ri Hook’, the cultural quiz is also attracting every art lover. The art lovers giving the right answers in this are being awarded ‘Shilpgram Momento’.