Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, Mar 16: Sub Office of J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKACCL) presented a music and dance program at Village Bela, here today.
A total of 100 seasonal artists gave their mesmerizing performance in front of the august gathering. The programme was conducted under the direction of Secretary J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages Bharat Singh (JKAS).
Sarpanch Kewal Singh of Bela village was the chief guest on the occasion, whereas Sarpanch Jasbir Singh, Panchayat Sarara in Samba was the guest of honor.
Addressing the gathering, the chief guest shared the uniqueness of today’s event which was aimed at giving a new flip and ease of life to every music and dance form. He said that preservation of culture should be taken seriously like JKAACL has done today. He further congratulated the artists for giving out of the world performance in his Panchayat.
The programme was started with a vibrant performance by Sachin Kattal and his party and Dhrub Singh and his party. They presented Dogri songs in a manner which got applause from everyone. This was followed by Archna Sharma and his party (Kashmir Dance), Rajkumar and his party (Haran Dance), Ganesh Kumar and his party (Dogri folk), Chanchla Devi and her party (Dogri folk), Suman Lata and her party (Punjabi folk) and Ram Ditta and his party (Geetru).
The grand finale of the programme was presented by Raman Salathia and Group. Accompanied by the flute player Rakesh Jasotra, Salathia brothers created a crescendo through their unique style of chorus singing.
Earlier, Sanjeev Gupta SOCA, JKAACL Sub-Office Kathua shared that the Academy is always ready to give a chance to every artist. “Since the last couple of days we have already given chances to many local artists to showcase their talent which we will do in the near future too,” he said.
The programme was conducted by Sat Pal Salarvi and coordinated by Shoket Naseem.
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