Excelsior Correspondent
Kargil, June 11: With the objective to uphold and showcase the rich typical Aryan culture of Kargil area to forgein and domestic tourists thereby enhancing the prospect of cultural and ecotourism in the Aryan villages of Darchiks and Garkone besides to give a chance to the Dardi and Purgi folk artists of this region to preserve and showcase their folk music and dance forms, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, Kargil today organized a One Day Aryan Valley Folk Music and Dance Festival at the Women’s Empowerment Centre of the Army at Darchiks village, Kargil .
Four cultural troupes numbering 80 artists, 40 each from the Aryan valleys of Darchiks and Garkone villages, and 1 Purgi cultural troupe numbering 15 artists from Wakha Mulbekh area participated in the day long festival who enthralled the dignitaries, other guests, Army officers, district and block level officers, a good number of domestic and forgein tourists, scholars and researchers, school children and a massive gathering of the villagers with their folk music and dance performances.
Col T.K Mukherjee Deputy Commander Tiger Hill Brigade was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Folk songs depicting the welcoming of guests, prayer for peace and prosperity in the river valleys, importance of environmental conservation in the present era of materialism and blind development, importance of valuing the natural bounty, appeal for unison with nature besides others portraying the themes of national integration, communal harmony and the history of the migration of Dards and the colonization of the present villages of Darchiks and Garkone were presented on the occasion.
Col T.K Mukherjee while congratulating the Academy for organizing such an impressive folk festival termed this step as laudable as such activities would pave a way for the stability and development of the age old Aryan folk traditions. He added that such steps of cultural awakening and cultural promotion programmes which the Academy is organizing in the far flung areas of the district are the need of the day as the rich treasure of the folk literature is gradually fading away. He urged the Cultural Academy Kargil to organize such festivals every year and to arrange advance publicity so that participation of the tourists is maximum.
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