Various events were held on the third day of the Virasat festival here on Sunday. The activities began with a heritage walk in the morning which focused on the historical and natural landmarks of the old town of Rajpur while also marking ecological awareness and the preservation of flora and fauna of the area.
later in the morning a vintage and classic car and bike rally was flagged off from the Virasat village at the Ambedkar stadium. Around 80 vehicles of various vintage participated in the event. One of the oldest cars participating in the event was a Ford CX dating back to about 1927, owned by Vijay Agarwal. Only five of these cars are stated to have remained in the world till now.
later during the evening, folk dancers’ group Uttara Sangeet Natak Academy from Dehradun started their performance with “Mangal Thadiya Chowkla Nritya”. The group members also performed various traditional renditions and folk songs on the occasion. later, the Swastik band from Chandigarh-Dehradun performed its blend of Hindustani classical music mixed with ‘global’ music.
The use of western rhythm, Indian musical instruments to render numbers with elements of Indian folk music and Sufi music also to the accompaniment of western musical instruments marked the performance of the band on Sunday. On Monday, young and budding musicians and dancers from Uttarakhand will get to learn art forms from various Gurus slated to be present under the Virasat Sadhna initiative from 10 AM. The scheduled programmes in the evening will include folk performances from the state of Punjab and folk singer from Madhya Pradesh, Kalu Bamaniya singing Nirgun poetry.