NATIONAL TRIBAL DANCE
FESTIVAL - ART AND CULTURE
News: World’s rhythms, a
delectable India at Chhattisgarh’s National Tribal Dance Festival
What's in the news?
● The
National Tribal Dance Festival has begun in Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh. The inaugural function was
presided over by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.
● The
National Tribal Dance Festival is being organized in Chhattisgarh for the first
time.
● More
than 1300 participants from 25 states & UTS of the country and six
countries are participating in this three-day dance fest. These folk dance
teams will present their respective folk art cultures.
National Tribal Dance
Festival:
● With
performances, competitions and displays of folk
culture, the festival at Science College has so far attracted nearly 1 lakh
people.
● Nearly
1,500 dancers from across India and countries like Mozambique, Mongolia, Tonga, Russia, Indonesia, Maldives, Serbia, New
Zealand and Egypt arrived for the festival.
● The
competitions were split into the categories of ‘traditional’ and ‘familial’
dances, and each troupe participated in both categories.
Objective:
● The
objective of this festival is to protect
the age-old traditions and rights of tribals and promote it across the world.
● To
use art, culture and tourism as a strong resource in the social and economic
empowerment of forest dwellers, tribals, farmers, villagers and deprived
people.
Key takeaways:
1. Lambadi dance:
● It
is a folk dance of the Banjara tribe.
● Lambadi
folk dance is performed mainly by women to seek blessing from god for a good
harvest.
● Lambadi
is a mix of Rajasthan and Telangana
cultures.
● Banjara Tribe:
○ Banjara
or Lambadi is a nomadic trading tribe.
○ They
have roots in Rajasthan but settled in several states of India.
○ They
speak Lambada dialect (a combination of Sanskrit, Rajasthani and Gujarati).
2. Siddi tribes:
● Siddi
Tribe also performed a cultural dance at the festival.
● Siddi
Tribe is an African-origin tribe settled
in India.
● They
came to India 850 years ago.
● Siddis
are found in concentrations in Karnataka
and Gujarat.