Utilizing the creativity to its fullest, this Republic Day (R-Day), the denizens will get a glimpse of mixed themes ranging from exotic tribal art work to some unique examples of archeological sites to various ongoing government schemes. Raising the graph of the artistic quality, efforts are being made to present a grand show.
To begin with Department of Information and Public Relations, this season, the department is all set to present a glance of Baba Tanginath Dham, a popular devotional site and archeological heritage located approximately 150 Km away from the State headquarter. Presenting the temple’s significance that dates back to ancient and medieval eras, the replica designed for the occasion will also have inscriptions and stone engravings dating back to the regimes of Ruxelvanshi kings of Surguja, Nagvanshi kings of Chotanagpur and Barwe kingdom. Similarly, presenting the glorious history of tribal revolt during the British colonial authority, the Department of Art, Culture, Sports and Youth Affair will showcase the life history of Sido Murmu and Kanhu Murmu, the leader of the Santhal rebellion. The theme titled, ‘The Santhal rebellions-Sido, Kanhu’ is being designed to make young generation familiar with the struggle of the tribal leaders.
However, the themes are not just confined to a few archeological sites or contribution of freedom fighters but the development of the State on socio-economic frontage will be also fairly represented.
Bringing out the quintessence of Jharkhand aka ‘land of Forest’ blessed with abundance of forest essentials, the Department of Forest, Environment and Climate Change will depict the importance of forest goods and its role in generating employment. Revival of the cottage industries will be represented focusing especially on lAC, Tussar production that has added value in the recent times while linking several women with small scale industry.
With an aim to educate the mass besides entertaining the people, the theme based tableaus are the prime centre of attraction on R-Day. Through artistic medium, this year again several prominent social issues will be taken up during the R-Day celebration. Themes like importance of girls’ education, women empowerment, promotion of cottage industries will be promoted well portraying the work done so far by the State government to address these issues. Also, the recent achievement of the State in attaining the Open Defecation Free (ODF) tag will be showcased; the Department of water and sanitation will present the theme covering topics like cleanliness, importance of ODF through burlesque, placards and other live activities during the show.