Team News Riveting
Raipur, November 1
Chhattisgarh on Tuesday turned 22nd even as the state celebrated its 23rd Foundation Day with pomp and zeal.
The National Tribal Dance festival is the highlight of the three-day event. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated the function. The state awards for exemplary services in different fields were given away by Governor Anusuiya Uikey.
Chhattisgarh came into being on November 1, 2000 following the bifurcation of Madhya Pradesh, which also mark’s its foundation day on the same day.
The Chief Minister congratulated the people of the state on the State Foundation Day and the third National Tribal Dance Festival and said, “The solidarity and unity of the world will prevail if efforts are made to preserve traditional values and protect the rights of the tribals across the world.”
“The objective of this festival is to protect the age-old traditions and rights of tribals and promote it across the world,” he said addressing the inaugural ceremony of the third National Tribal Dance Festival and Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava held at Science College ground.
The chief minister said that the wrong concept of development has become a threat to nature. Besides, it has also posed a threat to the rights of tribals. “The changing times have brought a change in people’s lifestyles. Today, the modern way of thinking has become an enemy of our nature,” he added.
The Chief Minister inaugurated the program by lighting the lamp and playing the tribal instrument, Nagada. While welcoming the dancers and foreign guests hailing from other countries and Indian states,
Artists from 28 states and 7 union territories of the country including 10 countries Mozambique, Togo, Egypt, Mongolia, Indonesia, Russia, New Zealand, Serbia, Rwanda and Maldives mesmerized the audience by showing glimpses of tribal culture through dance. Around 1500 domestic and foreign artists are participating in this event.
On the occasion of the National Tribal Dance Festival, the Chief Minister released postal stamps and envelopes issued by the Postal Department and several coffee table books of the National Tribal Dance Festival for the year 2021. In the program, tribal dancers hailing from Mozambique, Russia and Mongolia presented beautiful dances in their own distinctive style.
The Chief Minister said that the National Tribal Dance Festival has given a great opportunity to tribals across the world to share each other’s thoughts and experiences. He said that there is a great similarity in instruments, rhythm and feel of every tribal dance form, which proves that there is a special bond that unites all of them.
He informed that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the State Government and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi to provide an opportunity and platform to the tribal artists of Chhattisgarh to perform abroad, which will increase the scope for the spread and exchange of tribal culture.
Speaker of the Vidhan Sabha, Dr. Charandas Mahant, who presided over the program, said that the National Tribal Dance Festival is being organized with the aim of giving more respect to the tribals. He said that under the leadership of the Chief Minister, the state government is working very well for the progress of Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarhiya and Chhattisgarhi.
