The ten-day ‘Bastar lokotsava’ being organised jointly by Chhattisgarh State Tourism and Culture Department and Bastar District Administration as part of the world famous Dussehra festival will begin from Thursday (September 25).
Tribal Welfare and School Education Minister, Kedar Kashyap will be the chief guest while MP Dinesh Kashyap will preside over the inaugural ceremony which will commence at 3 pm at Bastar High School on September 25, officials said.
A number of cultural programmes will be organised for ten days during the programme. The key attractions of the ‘lokotsav’ include folk dance of Bastar, tribal dance, presentations by school children, programme by State Culture Department, programme by South-Central Cultural Centre, folk songs, bhajan, skit, patriotic songs, orchestra, screening of Halbi language films, Bollywood night (Ravi Tripathi and group) and Chhattisgarhi culture programme (Sanjha-Kurmi).
The special guests of inaugural ceremony will include MP Vikram Usendi, MlAs lakheshwar Baghel, Deepak Baij, Mahesh Gagda, Mohan Merkam, Santram Netam, Kawasi lakhma, Santosh Bafna, Shanker Dhurva, Manoj Mandavi, Devti Karma and others.The concluding ceremony of the festival will be organised at 4 pm on October 4. Culture and Tourism Minister Ajay Chandrakar will be the chief guest while Bastar MP Dinesh Kashyap will preside over the concluding ceremony.