Bundelkhand's Baredi Dance was held here on Monday. The musical programme was organised under the Horizon series of International Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Bhopal chapter.
The event was held at Samrat Ashok Institute of Technology, Vidisha. The dance was performed by Manish Yadav and group from Sagar.
Bundelkhand is an important landmark of the region for Indian culture. People here have their own beliefs. In one of these, the Baredi dance in Bundelkhand often begins with the festival of Deepawali and ends with a fair on Dev Uthani Ekadashi.
A short story of Krishna was shown in the dance. When Lord Krishna used to graze cows with cowherds at the age of 10, by that time the worship of Indra Devta was done in Gokul village, but now Indra Devta got angry when Shri Krishna asked to worship cows.
It rained heavily in Gokul. It is said that in Lord Gokul in Dwapar Yuga when Lord Krishna lifted the Govardhan mountain on the finger, then Lord Krishna's companions performed this dance in the joy of this great work to save the animal parents.
This dance is mainly performed by cattle rearers.
The dancers wore multi-colored costumes with peacock feathers in hand, garlands of cauldrons, swafas etc. In dance, musical instruments such as drum flutes etc. are used.
In this dance, there is agility and speed of the artists dancing with a stick. Apart from this, Baredi dance is also performed as a form of giving thanks after harvest.
A total of 16 actors and Manish Yadav was present in the lead role in today's program. In today's program presentation, Krishna Bal Lila, Kalia Mardan, Sudarshan Chakra, huge chariots, Virat Krishna form was presented.
The Chief Guest at the program was Manoj Kumar, Regional Director of ICCR and Jensen Chauhan, Director, Samrat Ashok Institute of Technology, Vidisha.