The Bhopalites were enthralled to watch the Qawwali performance followed with a Saraikela Chhau dance at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum. Under the Uttaradhikar series of classical performances, a qawwali singing and Saraikel Chhau dance was performed here on Sunday.
The programme started with Qawwali performance by Arif latif Khan of Bhopal with his fellow artists.
Khan started off the performance3 with Chhap Tilak Sab Chini, a famous composition by Amir Khusro.
He then enthralled the audiene with Dmamadam Mast Kalandar and wrapped up his performance with another composition by Amir Khusro ‘Ae ri saheli more piya ghar aaye’. During the performance Majid latif, Arbaab Arif and Fayam Khan accompanied Khan on vocals. Mohammad Arif on Banjo, Amit Kumar on Octopad, Mohammad Yusuf on Tabla and Mohammad Sabir on Dholak accompanied the singers.
The Qawwali performance was followed with the Saraikela Chhau Dance by Shashidhar Acharya. Their performance reflected the Vedic concept of celebrating the nature.
The first performance was done in Raga Yemen and Maru Bihaag. In this performance, the artists showcased the rendition of night which describes the goddess of the night inspired by Rig Veda's poem Ritu Sukta.
In which artists showed their religious rituals representing dance in the evening through dance.
In another sequence, artists Raga-Jogiya showed the infinite love of Radha-Krishna through the presentation of the special dance composition Radha-Krishna in sixteen volumes. He wrapped up the performance with ‘Naatika’.
In this performance the artists presented a beautiful picture of the journey of the life of a sailor and his girlfriend in front of the audience.
During the presentations, the audiences present in the auditorium enjoyed the show and also appreciated the efforts of the artists.