Excelsior Correspondent
IMPHAL (MANIPUR), Apr 2: ‘Jashn-e-Jammu & Kashmir’- a festival of theatre and dances of J&K being organized by Natrang Jammu in North-East with the support of Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi, concluded here today at the Chorus Repertory Theatre, Imphal.
Internationally acclaimed theatre personality and the Chairman of National School of Drama, Rattan Thiyam presided over the presentation of festival. Conceived, designed and directed by Padamshree Balwant Thakur with the help of fifty artists, this unique festival of the performing art traditions of J&K culturally bridged the two distant parts of India. For the first time the people of Manipur were exposed to the vibrant cultural traditions of Jammu & Kashmir.
The festival included Internationally acclaimed Dogri play ‘Ghumayee’ and a presentation of diverse traditions of dances of J&K under the title ‘Celebrating Diversity’.
Through this programme the essence of Jammu and Kashmir was visibly seen spreading all over North-East. Balwant Thakur’s concept of ‘Celebrating Diversity’ is a unique cultural album of Jammu and Kashmir showcasing the variegated variety of different colors, rhythms, costumes, design patterns and artistic expressions through the dances of J&K. This amazing bouquet of rarest dance traditions beautifully unfolds the mesmerizing artistic traditions of this part of the world. Each dance presentation despite being different from the other in rhythm and pace has been artistically blended with each other so as to present their harmony and co-relation.
Starting with vibrant Kashmiri ‘Rouf’, the programme transports the audiences to a most rejoicing journey of the state of Jammu & Kashmir, unfolding spectacular dance traditions of Kashmiri, Dogri, Gojari, Pahari and Ladakhi cultures. The programme culminated through the presentation of a mega performance ‘Unity in diversity of J&K’,
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