Parab-2014, a State-level tribal festival, began at Koraput amid pomp and fervour on Tuesday. The festival would continue till Thursday.
SC and ST Development, Minority and Backward Classes Welfare Minister lal Bihari Himirika inaugurated the festival in the presence of Energy Minister Pranab Prakash dash, Commerce and Transport Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi, MP Jhina Hikaka, Jepore MlA Tara Prasad Bahinipati, Koraput MlA Krushna Chandra Sagaria, lakhmipur MlA Kailash Chandra Kulashika, district Collector Yamini Sadangi and DCO Poma Tudu.
On the first evening, Gadba dance of lamtaput, Odissi dance, Danta dance of Mayurbhanja, Dhemsa dance of lakhmipur Purulia, Chhau dance of West Bengal, Bhangra of Punjab, lezim and Dhangar dance of Maharashtra and Sambalpuri dance were performed.More than 200 stalls from different part of the State and outside and some Government stalls have been put up at the exhibition being organised on the occasion with support of the ORMAS.
Koraput DIPRO Prafulla Chandra Mallick coordinated the programme. Notably, the festival had started in the year 1996 with a vision to promote Koraput district’s tribal culture and tradition and to provide a platform to the hidden talents to bloom.
