Introducing the city dwellers with tribal music and culture, the tribal artistes gave musical performances on various traditional musical instruments and percussion at Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum on Tuesday. Various tribal artistes from different districts of the State are participating in this musical activity underway at the Sangrahalaya.
In presentations made on Tuesday, the Korku tribal artists from Betul gave their performance by playing on flute, ghungroo and chitkora musical instruments. Korku is dance loving community. Dancing and singing is the soul of this community, they dance and sing throughout the year on various occasions. Musical instruments play significant role in their dances, such instruments includes; flute, ghungroo, chitkora and others. Chitkora is small form of kartaal is made by Saagon wood.
Its upper side is arranged with ghungroo. This instrument is played by korku themselves. The instrument is considered as private and basic instrument of females which is played on various occasions. The other of this was presented by Gond tribal artists of Dindori by playing on Gudumbaja and dancing on simple steps. Musical instruments are very simple by looks that include Gudumbaja, timke, nagada etc.
This musical performance by tribal artists will continue till October 31in from 12 noon to 8 pm at the premises of the Madhya Tribal Museum.