A four-day event on folk dance and music ‘Pawas Utsav 2013’ would be organised at Ravindra Bhavan by Directorate of Culture, Madhya Pradesh. The programme would begin from Saturday and would continue till August 27.
The Bhopalites would experience the magic of folk songs and classical dance under one roof that would be presented by different artists of country. On the first day of the programme Nimadi lok Gayan would be performed by Purnima Chaturvedi hailing from Bhopal. On the same day, a Kathal performance would be staged by Anu Sinha, New Delhi followed by a classical singing programme that would be presented by a noted classical singer Begum Parveen Sultana, Mumbai.
On August 25, the evening would be adorned with the Bagheli lok Gayan by Santosh Tiwari, Reewa. The programme would be followed by a Kathak performance by Sushmita Banerjee Kolkata and on the same day the evening would be concluded with Tabla Jugalbandi by Anuradha Pal, Mumbai. Gangor folk dance would be presented on August 26 by Sadhna Upadhyay Khandwa followed by a Manipuri dance by Bimbavti Devi from Manipur.
The classical music would be present by a classical vocalist from New Delhi, Madhumita Roy. On the concluding eve of the event, August 27, Malvi Folk Dance would be presented by Krishna Verma, Ujjain followed by a folk music performance by Sharma Brothers (Sharma Bandhu) from Nagda. The event would further be concluded with a poets’ meet and poets like Surya Kumar Pandey, lucknow, Kunwar from Ghaziabad, Mamta Sharma from Agra and Poonam Verma from Mathura would present their creations before the Bhopalites. During the Pawas Utsav 2013 the females could enjoy the joy of traditional Jhoola and mehendi at the Ravindra Bhavan Premises.