Annual dance festival in Meghalaya promotes culture of the state.Byline: ANI Shillong, May 15 (ANI): As part of a movement to preserve the culture and tradition of the Khasis, the annual Lympung festival, a dance fiesta was held in Shillong recently. The event provided a platform to showcase traditional dances and other cultural activities. We take a look. Thousands of people from all over Khasi and Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya converged at Nongdom near Mairang in West Khasi Hills The Khasi Hills are part of the Garo-Khasi range in Meghalaya, India, and is part of the patkai range and of the Meghalaya subtropical forests ecoregion. The region is inhabited mainly by tribal Khasi dwellers, which are traditionally in various chieftainships, petty states , Meghalaya to celebrate the annual Lympung festival, prior to the sowing season. It is said that these celebrations by the tribal people are meant to seek the blessing of the deities
"This dance is a kind of connection and spiritual belief that we have. It reflects the mentality of the tribe that performs the dance and also it is a positive aspects that we still have that kind of connection between the modern world and the age old tradition which we should preserve from time to time for our generations to come," said Samuel B.Jyrwa, local resident. "Their significance is mostly related with agriculture, we pay respect to mother earth and their dances invoke the blessings of mother earth, so that whatever seeds are sowed brings about a rich harvest," said Sumar Singh Sawain, local resident. The event provided people, living in Shillong, an opportunity to participate and showcase their talent in various folk performances, which include folk dances folk dance, primitive, tribal, or ethnic form of the dance, sometimes the survival of some ancient ceremony or festival. The term is used also to include characteristic national dances, country dances, and figure dances in costume to folk tunes. and songs. During the programme, besides the famous Warrior dance, Shad Suk SUK Sveriges Unga Katoliker (Swedens Young Catholics) Mynsiem and many others are performed. One of the spectacular performances that captivated cap·ti·vate tr.v. cap·ti·vat·ed, cap·ti·vat·ing, cap·ti·vates 1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm. 2. Archaic To capture. the audience was the 'Shad Sukra' or Sukra Dance usually performed during the sowing festival. By D. Henpilen(ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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