Excelsior Correspondent
LONDON, Oct 17: History was created when a fifteen artists of Natrang Jammu rocked the stage at historic Trafalgar Square, London with their highly energetic dance mind blowing performances.
Amazingly, they were greeted by over 50,000 world audiences, cheering and dancing to the vibrant Dogri and Kashmiri tunes and rhythms.
Led by iconic figure of the state of Jammu & Kashmir, Padamshree Balwant Thakur, this fifteen member group of artists is here in London for a fortnight to present variegated variety of the cultural presentations in Jammu & Kashmir Festival being held in various parts of London.
Today’s first performance transported over 50,000 world audiences to a mesmerizing journey of Jagrana performed by women folk in Dogra region of Jammu & Kashmir. This marriage song-cum-dance has the elements of theatre.
The second dance ‘Bhumro’ took the programme to the ultimate heights when a mix number of Bhumro and Rindposhmal enthralled the audiences by a joint group of male and female performers. Not only the scenic beauty of Kashmir but the soulful traditional Kashmiri folk music tunes have always been the attraction of Bollywood.
Supported by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Ministry of External Affairs, these programmes are locally hosted by Jammu & Kashmir festival. Lakshmi Kaul, Manu Khajuria, Lalit Sharma and many cultural enthusiasts of Jammu & Kashmir based in London have made it possible.
The proud team of Natrang artists include Mohd Yaseen, Rahul Singh, Gauri Thakur, Shazia Batool, Sunny Mujoo, Nikhil Manhas, Ankush Bhasin, Jyoti Kumari, Bindia, Aarti Slathia, Naina Sharma, Saloni Verma Simran Kaur and Rakesh Kumar Kona.
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