Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sanghralaya (IGRMS) is working for national integration, and promotes research and training for salvage and revitalisation of vanishing but valuable cultural traditions.
On Sunday, Princess of Bhutan Ashi Sonam Dechan Wangchuck visited Manav Sangrahalaya. Princess Ashi is the daughter of the 4th King of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, and sister of the 5th King, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.
She has a degree in international relations from Stanford University and masters in law from Harvard law School and currently works at the Judiciary of the Kingdom
of Bhutan as President of the Bhutan National legal Institute.
The Princess and the royal staff of Bhutan were guided through the visit by the
Director, IGRMS Arun Kumar Shrivastava, Assistant Curator Arun Kiro, PRO Ashok Sharma and Sarabjeet Singh.
‘Aranya Naad-3’
The premises of IGRMS is well resonated with beats and tunes of tribal culture on the second day of National Tribal Dance festival Aranya Naad-3 on Sunday.
About 200 tribal artists from 11 States of the country enthralled audience by presenting varied tribal dances of different regions at Veethi Sankul indoor auditorium of IGRMS.
The dance presentation began with ‘Kizyubna Dance’ presented by Sangtham Naga tribe of Nagaland in colourful dresses and with musical instrument.
This dance is performed after finishing all works. In this festival fishing is done at community level along with celebrations.
Then, other presentation of the programme was ‘Peinka Dance’ presented by Munda tribe of Jharkhand.
This dance is dedicated to the freedom fighters that lost their lives fighting for independence of Chota Nagpur Plateau. This dance is performed on the beats of drums and using swords as part of the presentation.
The other presentations were ‘Harvest Dance’ by Garo tribe of Meghalaya, Rathwa tribe in Gujarat by “Hori Dance”, artists of Jaunsari tribe of Uttarakhand presented “Tandi Dance”, Hajong tribe of Assam presented Jakhamara dance, the artists from Dhulia tribe of Madhya Pradesh presented “lavani Daud Dance”, Chakma Dance by Chakma tribe of Tripura, ‘Gedi Dance’ by Muria tribe of Chhattisgarh, Gouri Nritya by Warli tribe of Maharashtra, Jumbung Dance by Saora tribe of Andhra Pradesh.