Institute for Manipuri Dance celebrates jubilee
Source: Chronicle News Service
Kakching, November 06 2023:
Golden jubilee celebration of Institute for Manipuri Dance 'Meitei Jagoi', Shantiniketan, West Bengal established by Sangeet Na tak Akademi awardee guru Debjani Chaliha was held at Srijoni Silpo Grant, Shantiniketan on November 4 and 5.The programme was.
attended by Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC),Kolkata director Asish Kumar Giri, Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, Imphal former director L Upendra Sharma, noted poet Anirudha Roy, eminent scholar De baprasad Jana and assistant professor Sumit Basu, among others.
During the event, video messages of guru Debjani Chaliha, West Bengal Governor Dr GV Ananda Bose, Union minister of state external affairs RK Ranjan and RK Tarun jit, grandson of Rajkumar Budhimanta, who was the first person to teach Manipuri Dance at Shantiniketan in 1919, were also played out.
On the last day of the celebration, a documentary on guru Debjani Chaliha and her works was showcased.
It may be mentioned here that guru Debjani Chaliha started learning Manipuri Dance from childhood at Shantiniketan in 1944 and then came to Manipur to study under guru Maisnam Amubi.
After that she went back to Shantiniketan and established the institute.