The festival was sponsored by
the Union Ministry of Culture, Indian Council for Cultural Relations
(ICCR), South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, and the
Departments of Kannada and Culture, and Tourism.
The person behind the whole program is Mr.Uday Kumar Shetty, trustee of
Kalatheera,who is an Odissi Dancer from Hebri.The fest started with a cultural caravan, a
procession of artistes and lovers of performing arts at 5.30 p.m. After
the inaugural function by renowned Odissi dancer Ratikant Mohapatra,the
fest began with a Hindustani vocal concert by Sangeeta Katti
Kulkarni at 6.35 p.m. This followed by Bharatnatyam by Aswath
and troupe, Gotipua by Lakshmipriya Gotipua Nrutya Kendra, Odisha and
light music by playback singer Rameshchandra and Karunakara Rao party.
The
second session began at 8.30 p.m. It had cultural
programmes such as ‘Dollu Kunitha’ and ‘Pooja Kunitha’ by Takappa and
troupe, followed by ‘Beesu Kamsale Nagari’ by Kumaraswamy and troupe,
Bharatnatyam by Sanathana Natyalaya, and Odissi dance by Uday Kumar
Shetty and ensemble, Bangalore.
The second day’s
program started with a seminar on ‘Folk arts and classical arts –
An introduction to Desi and Marga traditions in our culture’ at 11 a.m.
The seminar was inaugurated by vocalist R.K. Padmanabha.
There was lecture-demonstration by Kalbelia folk dancers, Rajasthan;
Gotipua traditions, Odisha , Ratikant Mohapatra, Odisha; and Shivaji Rao,
Tamil Nadu.
The cultural programs started with
a Carnatic vocal concert by R.K. Padmanabha at 6.30 p.m. It was
followed by the flute fusion music by Padmanab Bapu and ensemble, Kalbelia
dance by Lokakala Kalbelia Samiti, Rajasthan, devotional songs by
Shankar Shanbhogue, Karagattam folk dance by Shivaji Rao and group,
Thanjavur; semi-classical dance by Kalatheera, Bharatnatyam by Nritya
Niketana Kodavoor; and Carnatic vocal by S. Sangeetha from Mysore.
Hence it was a great experience for the people of Hebri to be a part of such an extravagant Cultural and Musical Fest.
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