Speedy footworks and the innovative and impactful style of storytelling was all about the dance drama presented here on Monday.
On the third day of Chhattisgarh Mahotsav various colourful performances made the evening of the art and music lovers of the city. Being organised at multi art centre, Bharat Bhavan the Chhattisgarh Mahotsava is all about art and culture of Chhattisgarh.
Here on Monday, various performances of folk dances of Chhattisgarh were presented before the art lovers of the city.
The event on Monday began with Karma dance by Pandit Ram Karma and his troupe. Various forms of karma dance were presented at the programme. The dancers began their performance with ‘Ram Charcha Karma.’ The dancers were holding Madar instrument in their hands. later the dancers presented ‘Kishun Khel Karma’. Here they presented dance on song, ‘Main nai jaanu, main na jaane paklaya kishun laage’. Similarly two other types of
karma dances were performed on the occasion.
later, the programme was followed with the Sarhul folk dance of Chhattisgarh. The dance was presented by Ram Dayal Manjhi and his troupe.
Then the Dewar dance was presented. Rekha Dewar along with her troupe presented the culture and tradition of Ghumantu Dewar caste. The dance began with the song ‘Banda chaun karan saini’. later, the performance was followed with the ‘Khele hori’, ‘Jadua kamai patwari’, were presented. Also the dancers through dance drama presented the folk tales with the similar songs. It was like a treat for the music and dance lovers.
later, a dance drama ‘Meghdootam’ was presented at the programme which was like an icing on the cake.
The dance drama was presented in kathak dance form by a kathak dancer Mandvi Singh along with her troupe presented Kalidasa’s poem Meghdootam. As many as seven artists presented Meghdootam before the audience.
The lyrical poem describes about King Kuber. t recounts how a yaksa, a subject of King Kubera (the god of wealth), after being exiled for a year to Central India for neglecting his duties, convinces a passing cloud to take a message to his wife at Alaka on Mount Kailasa in the Himalaya mountains. The yaksa accomplishes this by describing the many beautiful sights the cloud will see on
its northward course to the city of Alaka, where his wife awaits his return.
It was colourful and spell binding act by the artists that left the audience overwhelmed.