A webinar on ‘Relevance of Folklore in the Present Context’ was organised by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of the Central University of Odisha, Koraput, on Friday here, in which Prof Krushna Chandra Pradhan, Visiting Professor, (Odia Language and Literature) delivered a lecture.
CUO VC Prof I Ramabrahmam conveyed his best wishes for a successful programme and hoped the students of the CUO will learn the importance of folklore in the present context.Prof Sharat Kumar Palita, Dean, SBCNR and Director, IQAC, chaired, while Dr Alok Baral, Head-in-Charge, Department of Odia and Sanskrit, delivered the introductory note and explained the relevance of the topic.
Delivering his address Prof Pradhan highlighted different features and forms of folklore in the local as well as a global culture. He also highlighted forms of folklore such as folk literature, folk dance, folk culture and folk stories by giving examples of different stories and phrases of Odia literature and their importance in day- to- day’s life. He said, “Folklore always carries ethnic culture of period reflected in the contemporary dance, drama, song and literature. They are identities of various cultures of a nation.”