Manipur Tribal Arts Fest to begin today
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, December 14 2014:
Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC), Kolkata in collaboration with Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy will be organizing a two-day Manipur Tribal Arts Festival 2014 at the auditorium of JN Manipur Dance Academy from December 15 .
Informing this during a press meet at Manipur Press Club here today, Om Prakash Bharti, director of EZCC stated that hectic preparation is going on to successfully organize the festival during which various dances of different communities will be showcased, while adding that around 250 artistes including several National Awardees would take part in the festival.
Conceding that cultural festivals held in different parts of the country will be incomplete without showcasing various dances form of the State, he maintained that the centre is planning to flourish and preserve various traditional dances form of the State.
There is also a need to preserve Pena which is one of the traditional musical instruments, he said.
Informing that dance form of various communities including Kom, Maram, Chothe, Aimol, Thangal, Tarao, Moyon, Maring etc will be showcased during the festival, he said that cultural troupes from different districts will also participate
in the festival.