Inter-State Tribal Folk Dance Festival concludes

Raipur:  Chief Minister Shri Vishnudev Sai attended the closing ceremony of the two-day Tribal Pride Day and Inter-State Tribal Folk Dance Festival at the Science College Ground in the capital Raipur.

In the presence of the Chief Minister, folk dance troupes from different states enthralled the audience with their performances. On this occasion, tribal and folk artists from Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh performed.The dance troupe of the Bru Riang tribal community from Tripura mesmerized the audience with the performance of the traditional folk dance Hojagiri. In this dance, the young women of the Bru Riang tribal community performed with amazing harmony while handling the bottle above their heads. The artistic performance of the dancers during the dance also received a lot of appreciation from the audience.

Earlier, the folk artists of Himachal Pradesh performed the captivating Kayang dance, which is one of the most popular dances of Himachal Pradesh. In this dance, the group of dancers created a garland-like pattern by weaving each other’s arms, slowly marching, symbolically scattering like beads of a garland and then joining again, dressed in traditional clothes and adorned with jewelry, performed the dance.

After this, the Garo dance of Meghalaya was performed. In this dance, the people of the Garo community worship the deity Misi Saljong after harvesting the crop and express their faith and devotion to him for wealth and grains. The sound produced by the use of folk instruments in this dance thrilled the audience.

In the same sequence, the Mizo and Charama tribal communities of Mizoram presented the Mizo dance, a symbol of war skills, bravery, valor and victory in war. Through this dance, the community gave a live demonstration of the heroic saga in which it was told how the brave warrior of the community protected the village during the war, after which the villagers enthusiastically honored him. Similarly, the tribal community of Uttarakhand presented the Harul dance, which is a special style of traditional dance and folk song of the Hati tribe. Harul dance is performed in Jaunsar-Bawar and Chakrata region. In Harul dance, the courage and valour of the brave Pandavas, stories of gods and goddesses, history of Devbhoomi and events related to tribal culture were presented in a very interesting manner. In the same sequence, folk artists from different districts of Chhattisgarh also presented popular folk dances of Chhattisgarh.

It is noteworthy that on the first day of the festival, Chakos Tangnam dance was presented by Limbu tribal community of Sikkim, Siddhi Goma dance by folk dance group of Gujarat, Geh Padam A Na Nyi by artists of Arunachal Pradesh, Saila Reena by Gond tribe of Dindori, Madhya Pradesh, Gojri folk dance by Gujjar community of Jammu Kashmir, Gaur Madia dance by Madia tribe of Chhattisgarh, Diya Baati dance by tribal community of Uttarakhand, Mathuri dance by Telangana, Karma dance by Uttar Pradesh, Sugali dance by Karnataka, Dhimsa dance by Andhra Pradesh, Tarpa dance by Daman Diu and Chakri dance by tribal artists of Rajasthan. Along with this, folk dances of different festivals were presented by tribal artists of all districts of Chhattisgarh.