The five-day 7th Akhil Bharatiya Vanvasi Krida Mahotsav scheduled to be held at Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda Mega Sports Complex is all set to be inaugurated on Sunday. The 27 participating States that have come down to Ranchi to take part in the mega sports festival will be inaugurated by the Chief Minister Raghubar Das. Several Union ministers along with Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu will also be attending the event.
The inaugural ceremony will be followed by a stage performance by one of the most renowned folk artist of Jharkhand Mukund Naik and his team. The team will dance to the beats of the traditional musical instrument Mandar,
without which one cannot get the complete picture of the art and culture scenario of Jharkhand. Naik and his son Nandalal Naik will be entertaining the audience on ‘Rhythm of Forest’ tomorrow morning.
The opening ceremony will also witness a plethora of cultural performances by the players from different states such as the Bihu dance performance by Assam, Rimang Niriti dance by Tripura players, Mizoram’s Chakma tribal dance, Chau dance performance by the Odisha team, Marathi tribal dance by the Maharashtra team, Devnagri’s tribal dance as well as the Jhamur dance and more.
Meanwhile, a torch will be lit at Ulihat village in Khunti as early as 6.30 in the morning, which will be brought to the sports complex in Hotwar via Birsa Chowk by 11.30. Thereafter, the torch will be lit by the CM at 12.30 to kickstart the event.
Although, the sports complex can play host to about 35,000 audience but the Vanvasi Kalyan Kendra officials decided to install four lED screens outside the stadium for others to watch the flow of events from outside.
The sports matches will begin from Monday wherein the teams will compete in 100-metre, 200-metre, 400-metre and 800-metre race, relay, throw ball, long jump, archery, volleyball and Kho-Kho. Apart from these categories, there is another category in which male players aged 50 years and more will take part in a cycling tournament.
Moreover, the different teams took part in a rehearsal ceremony today for the event to be staged tomorrow. The stadium cheered up with the youth’s enthusiasm and the rhythm of the Mandar followed by the cultural performances by Tripura, Odisha, Maharashtra, Assam and others who also rehearsed for the opening acts scheduled to be staged tomorrow.