The Pavas Mahotsav 2013 concluded with a lot of fervor and enthusiasm at Ravindra Bhavan here on Tuesday. The blend of folk dance, classical music and poets meet enthralled the Bhopalites on the concluding day of the Mahotsav.
The evening began with the Malwi folk dance. Under the performance the dancers from Ujjain presented the mesmerising Malwi folk dance. They first performed a dance on, Dal badli ko pani’ where they explained their folks about their husbands. Some named their husbands through games and some through puzzles.
Then they performed two folk dances on Raga Kajri, Mahara kakaji ka kua and wrapped up their performances with Jhoola bandhyo o mendak raji.
Notably, these dance forms are performed during the monsoon season dedicated to the rain. The dance forms were choreographed by Krishna Verma. Further, the artists were accompanied by Babulal Bhatti and Vidya Rao on vocal. The evening was further adorned with the classical music performance by ‘Sharma Bandhu’ (Sharma Brothers) from Nagda.
The Sharmas’ are four brothers and sing classical chorus and solo songs dedicated to the gods and goddesses. Mithlesh Sharma, Shailesh Sharma, Mukesh Sharma ad Suresh Sharma presented a spiritual performance before the audiences. Sharma Brothers began their performance with a bhajan dedicated to lord Shiva. Here they beautifully described the personality of Shiva and his teachings.
The performance was further followed with another Shiva Bhajan in Raga Shiv Ranjani Barso re Badariya Sawan Ki which was further followed with a bhajan describing the Ramayana incidents in a melodious manner. The Sharma Brothers sang the Kishkindha Kand from the Ramayana. They wrapped up their spell-binding performance with the song from Geetanjali of Rabindra Nath Tagore, Aao Sajal Ghanshyam Aayo.
The evening became more enthralling with the poets meet. Poets Surya Kumar Pandey from lucknow, Kunwar from Ghaziabad, Mamta Sharma from Agra and Poonam Verma from Mathura presented their creations before the Bhopalites. It was a spell-binding eve for the Bhopalites as they enjoyed the concluding eve of Pavas Utsav 2013 with a lot of zeal.