Team News Riveting
Raigarh, June 1
The three-day Rashtriya Ramayana Mahotsav (National Ramayana Festival) that got off today would see the cultural colours from Indonesia to down south of Kerala.
The international contingent from Indonesia and Cambodia are participating in the event apart from most of the states. The festival started at the Ramlila maiden and will continue till June 3.
The delegates from Assam are also participating. Madhav Kandali is the author of the Assamese Ramayana, just as Kritivas composed the wonderful Ramayana in Bengali, similarly the Assamese Ramayana is deeply rooted in the folk tradition in Assam. The 21-member team has come from Assam.
The delegation of different states staged march past in traditional attire and passed through the main stage. A 25-member contingent from Jharkhand performed a march past with their traditional instruments and costumes. They are also wearing special masks.
A 12-member troupe of artists has come from Kerala. A contingent from the neighboring state of Madhya Pradesh also participated in the march past. There are 25 members in this team. The troupe from Karnataka and the 18-member artist troupe from Maharashtra gave a wonderful presentation in the march past. Bajrangbali is walking ahead of them. Ravana is seen leading the Uttarakhand team.
This wonderful tradition where even Rama sends Lakshmana to get knowledge from Ravana at the last moment so that Ravana can pass on his knowledge to Lakshmana at the time of his death. Chhattisgarh team also had a beautiful presentation.
270 participants from 12 states are taking part in this occasion. It includes 70 artists of the state and 27 artists from abroad.
