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SRINAGAR
For the first time in the history, two representative folk performing traditions of Jammu & Kashmir ‘Jagarna’ (Dogri) and ‘Bhumro’ (Kashmiri) will feature at the historic Trafalgar Square, London on 16th of October, 2016.
Fifty Thousand world audiences are expected to witness and enjoy these two vibrant folk presentations.
Giving details, Regional Director of ICCR Jammu & Kashmir Balwant Thakur informed that ICCR in association with Jammu & Kashmir Festival Trust, London is holding series of performances in London as a part of Jammu & Kashmir festival.
“A fifteen member group of artists is leaving for London on 14th of October, 2016 to mesmerize the world audiences with the unparalleled cultural diversity of Jammu & Kashmir,” he said.
The program, conceptualized by Balwant Thakur, has been entitled as ‘Celebrating Diversity’.
The programme ‘Celebrating Diversity’ is a unique cultural album of Jammu and Kashmir showcasing the variegated variety of different colours, rhythms, costumes, design patterns and artistic expressions through the dances of J&K, he informed.
“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,” the ICCR regional director said.
Featuring spectacular performing traditions of Kashmiri, Dogri, Ladakhi, Gojri, Pahari, Balti and Bhaderwahi, this unique program is being planned to feature Trafalgar Square in addition to Nehru Centre, Embassy of India, London, and two programs each at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, West Kensington, and House of Commons, Westminster, London, the Thakur added.
The hosts: ‘Jammu & Kashmir Festival Trust’, it may be noted, is an initiative of Lakshmi Kaul, Manu Khajuria, Manish Tiwari and Lalit Sharma.
The Jammu and Kashmir Festival Trust has been set up to “organise, curate and implement” the Jammu Kashmir Festival by representatives of the communities from the Jammu Kashmir regions.
