A two-day training-cum-orientation programme ‘Anubhuti’, organised for Art teachers and principals of Government high schools at the premises of the Utkal University of Culture here, concluded on Saturday.
As many as 72 participants from several districts, including Koraput, Kandhamal and Baleswar took part in the programme, inaugurated by DN Jena in presence of Odisha Sangeet Natak Academy Secretary Chittaranjan Malia and Odissi Guru Ramahari Das.On the first day, Guru Ramahari Das and Guru Dhaneswar Swain presented Odishi vocal recitals followed by an Odishi dance by Vidushi Madhusmita Mohanty. later, a discussion on ‘SPIC MACAY’ was presented by volunteer Jyotiraditya Singh of NISER and retired principal Subhas Das along with the screening of Anubhuti, a documentary.
In the evening, a documentary on Odissi dance by Ghanashyam Mahapatra featuring late Vidushi Sanjukta Panigrahi and Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra along with Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi was screened followed by Odia feature film Kanakalata On the second day, Padmashree awardee Debi Prassanna Patnaik delivered a lecture on language and culture, while Nakshyatra Gurukul presented Gotipua dance.