Celebrations to be held in Uttar Pradesh on the 150th birth anniversary of Birsa Munda
Lucknow| The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to celebrate ‘Tribal Pride Day’ as ‘Tribe Participation Festival’ on the 150th birth anniversary of Birsa Munda. The festival will be held between November 15 and November 20 at the Sangeet Natya Kala Academy and Partnership Building here in the capital. A glimpse of tribal life will be seen in the program. More than 300 tribal artists from different parts of the country will be involved. It will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
In line with the vision of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Tribal Partnership Festival will be attended by artists from 22 states/UTs from countries including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura, Assam, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Mizoram, Meghalaya, West Bengal and Delhi This will include tribal artists, handicraftsmen, weavers, painters etc.
Foreign artists from Slovakia and Croatia will also participate in the festival. Along with tribal artists, programs of nomadic castes, nats, impostors and playing bhapang, kachchi mare, logman, puppets will be organized. In the program, a craft fair of 100 shops equipped with handicrafts, apparel, dishes, tribal games made by tribal artists and attractive crafts will be organized. Presentation and exhibition of tribal musical instruments will also be organized. A unique confluence of photo sessions, folk dance and folk arts will be the center of attraction for the visitors in the Tribal Handicraft Fair. There is a proposal to install different types of rangoli and swings etc.
For the successful organization of Tribal Partnership Festival, there is a plan to install hoardings, banners, standees at major places of the city along with the venue and give wide publicity through LED vans. In the festival, the people of the state will be able to purchase products made by tribal artists including clothes, wood, jute, materials made by moose and forest medicines and other products.
