Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya started a workshop for women artist from all over the country. The workshop was inaugurated by Arun Kumar Shrivastava, Director, IGRMS.
The eight days long workshop is the part of celebrations of International Women’s Day. The three-day National Tribal Dance festival entitled Aranya Naad-3 concluded with many enchanting and captivating tribal dance performances at Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya on Monday.
The presentation begins with ‘Diwasa’ Dance by Rathwa tribe of Gujarat. This dance is performed prior to starting cultivation in ritual where the village deity is prayed as part of worshipping ‘Diwasa’ is performed.
The artists performed this dance to pray to the invisible god through the village deity for better cultivation and happiness of all. The other presentations included ‘Taalbandh Ghumak Nritya’ by Dhulia tribe of Madhya Pradesh,
Hajong tribe of Assam presented lewatana dance, Kamdi Nritya by Warli tribe of Maharashtra, ‘Chambil Moa and Chu ringa Nritya ’ by Garo tribe of Meghalaya, artists of Jaunsari tribe of Uttarakhand presented “Tandi, Sangtham naga tribe in Nagaland by “Hori Handu Nritya”, Surinda
Nritya Dance by Saora tribe of Andhra Pradesh, ‘Gour Maar Shikar (Maav Paata)’ by Muria tribe of Chhatisgarh Than Mana Nritya Dance by Chakma tribe of Tripura, and the last performance of the three day long dance festival was Sarhul Nritya by Munda tribe of Jharkhand.