“Kauthig” 2013
CULTURE
Uttarakhand cultural festival “Kauthig” 2013
concludes
Mumbai recently celebrated and witnessed the colors of Uttarakhand that
set the city aglow. The Uttarakhand cultural festival “Kauthig” 2013 was
inaugurated by Agriculture minister of Uttarakhand, Harak Singh Rawat
and Actor Hemant Pandey. Sunday, 27th January, marked the
conclusion of the 5 day festival.
The festival came to a closing in presence of
eminent personalities- Manikrao Thakre, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress
President, Ganesh Naik, MLA, Belapur, Subodh Uniyal, cabinet
minister Uttarakhand, Ganesh Godiyal, cabinet minister Uttarakhand, Durga
Pal, cabinet minister Uttarakhand, Former Hockey player Mir Ranjan Negi
(on whom film “Chak De India” is made)and Actor Sudhir Pandey.
The colors of Uttarakhand flowed in Mumbai through the traditional
classical Uttarakhandi performances presented by famous Uttarakhandi artists
like singer Kalpana Chauhan and group, folk dances like “Badi”, performances by
Indu Bhatt and group, dramas like Kamalvyuh, Chakravyuh, Jaydrath vadh by
Arjuna etc. The festival came to a closing on day five with a grandeur
performance staged by Shellnut group on goddess of Uttarakhand “Nanda Devi”.
This drama on the local goddess garnered much appreciation and applause from
the audience.
The festival brought forth different nuances of culture of gods be it
music, dance, dramas or the flavors of Uttarakhand. There were also matrimonial
registrations, enrolment for employment and health camp organised. The festival
had 40 stalls put up, over 100 Uttarakhandi artists performing and more than 40
prominent personality’s presence. The traditional pahadi instruments like
Dor-Thakuli, Dhol-damau, Ransinga, Bhankor, Mochhang, Conch, Bell, Flute etc.
were introduced to the Mumbaiites through this festival. Around 10 to 12
thousand audience gathered each day to celebrate the culture of Uttarakhand
which was in its 6th year this year.
The filmy stage put up which
was a replica of pilgrim Jageshwar Mandir became the major attraction of the
festival. Ganesh Sanwal, member of Parvatiya Natya Manch and art director of
the festival, while talking about the festival said, “The culture of gods which
is on the verge of extinction needs to be introduced to the next generation of
the nation as also it needs to be preserved and forwarded which is the main aim
of our festival.”
Appreciating the
festival Ganesh Naik and Manikrao Thakre were not only praises about the
festival and sets but also promised to give the renowned Nanda Devi yatra,
which takes place in Uttarakhand, a visit next year.
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