KL News Network
Srinagar
Various popular traditional and folk dance songs were presented on Friday, the second day of seven-day concert ‘Jammu Kashmir Mahotsava’ in Bhopal, Mumbai based, The Free Press Journal reported.
The report said, the concert began with dance drama ‘Vakraval-patra,’ which talks about the life-style of Gozar, a tribal community of Kashmir. The 25-minute long performance was presented by male artists of Gul Mohammed and his troupe. “It is an 11th century tradition of Kashmir. Earlier, my grandparents used to perform and now my son and me. I want to keep this dying art form of Kashmir alive. We are performing for the first time in the Bhavan,” 55-year-old Gul Mohammad who represents third generation adding that “we have changed a lot of thing in drama from earlier like costume, make-up, music et al.”
After the dance drama, Ruf dance, 40-year-old traditional dance of Kashmir was presented by 11 female artists of Gulzar Troupe. They began with ‘Bumbro bumbro…,’ It was followed with ‘lali lanlo…,’ and ‘ek do teen…,’ which left the audience spell bound. The dance generally is being performed in marriage and festivals like eid, baishakhi and diwali.
The programme concluded with ‘Celebrating Diversity,’ presented by Mohammed Yaseen and his troupe.
It 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 “Ruf”, the program transports the audiences to a most rejoicing journey of the state of Jammu & Kashmir, unfolding spectacular dance traditions of Kashmiri, Dogri, Gojari, Pahari, bhadori and Ladakhi cultures.
The performance culminated with song ‘mera Jammu-Kashmir…’, which highlighted the diverse traditional culture of J&K’,
“This presentation is just like a collage of different dialects of J&K which represents the vision of the new generation of the artists of Jammu & Kashmir who are not only reviving the wonderful dying artistic expressions in their own way but also believe in integration of the state through cultural and artistic initiatives,” said Yaseen.
