A tribal wall painting competition was organised here by the Baleswari Kala Kendra (BKK) in association with NGO New life. The BKK is organising the event for the last seven years in which tribal dwellers in the district headquarters town participate. It begins from the Makar Sankranti. This year, several attractive wall paintings were found. Kesu Das of the BKK and Prasanta Maharana from the New life led the event. Among others, Gopbandhu Giri , Bikash Sahu and Saikanta Giri coordinated.
This year the winners were Parbati Tudu and lipi Hembram of Orodbazar , Suranjit Singh and Sonia Hansda of Gudipada , Saibani Murmu and Rashmi Marandi of Telengasahi and Rina Hembram and Jagi Majhi of Chilkhana.
The event is organized every year primarily to encourage the tribal artists and tap their talent besides popularizing the tribal art, said Das.