The Bhopalites enjoyed folk songs and dance on Thursday under Gamak series held at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum.
'Languria gayan' by Gyan Singh Shakya and group from Bhind and Saira folk dance was performed by Rajendra Chaubey and group from Sagar.
The performance started with af Languria gayan by Gyan Singh Shakya and group in which he performed Tohe Sumiron Sharda Mai, Hanumat Khoke Baat Languria, J Rath Aaye Maaya, Draupadi Keechak Ke Bhave, Ajab Bano Tero Bano, Aisou Nirgun Bain Badpe, Satya Ki Bandhi Surhin Gaia. Shakya inherited the inspiration of singing from his father, he has performed on various prestigious forums in the country.
On the stage in the presentation he was Shivani Bhadauria, Ruchi Shivhare, Neelam Kushwaha and Rishi Sukhdev in Sanghayan and Harmonium bySukhdev Singh Kushwaha, Jheka by Ganesh Gupta on Dholak bySuresh Jatav and Tabla by Rajesh Kushwaha.
The second performance was the Saira dance of Bundelkhand by Rajendra Chaubey and colleagues. In which singing, flute and algoza playing Omprakash Choubey, Suresh Chaubey, Ramkishan Thakur, Shriram Rai and Gulab in singing and Sandeep Goswami, Gopal Vishwakarma, Rahul Dixit, Bablu Patel, Anantharam Patel, Gulai Patel, Roshan Kumar , Govind Patel and Shri Babulal Patel participated in the dance. Saira folk dance is performed by men on the day of Kajali. It is a festive folk dance. In this, the dancers hold artistic poles of approximately half-fit in their hands. They dance by hitting poles with each other. The dance consists of singing karkha, pai and padgar. Timki, mridang, bahuri, algoza and stars are used as instruments in this dance. The Saira dance is filled with both heroic and adorned juices. Saira is the fastest dance among the dances of Bundelkhand.
Rajendra Choubey has been performing Saira dance in many folk festivals of the country for the last thirty years.