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Rahul Gandhi launches tribal dance fest in Chhattisgarh today

'National Tribal Dance Festival 2019
'National Tribal Dance Festival 2019
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Published : Dec 27, 2019, 10:59 AM IST

Updated : Dec 27, 2019, 12:18 PM IST

12:04 December 27

Rahul Gandhi takes part in a traditional dance

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi takes part in a traditional dance at the inauguration of Rashtriya Adivasi Nritya Mahotsav in Raipur.

12:03 December 27

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Raipur, "India's economy can not run without taking people of all religions & castes along. Until the voice of every Indian is heard in Lok Sabha and in state Assemblies, nothing can be done about unemployment and the state of economy."

11:28 December 27

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel presides over the Rashtriya Adivasi Nritya Mahotsav

11:08 December 27

National Tribal Dance Festival 2019

Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi is the chief guest at the inaugural function of the event

10:16 December 27

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrives in Raipur, to inaugurate the Rashtriya Adivasi Nritya Mahotsav today.

The event, which is being organised to preserve and promote tribal folk art, will be held at science college grounds. Several senior Congress leaders are expected to attend the event. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will preside over the function.

10:12 December 27

Rahul Gandhi to launch tribal dance fest in Chhattisgarh today

Raipur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit Chhattisgarh capital Raipur today to take part in the opening ceremony of the national tribal dance festival. 

AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other senior leaders are also scheduled to remain present at the inauguration ceremony. 

The state is going to hold a three-day 'National Tribal Dance Festival 2019' at the Science College ground here from Friday, wherein over 1,350 artistes from 25 states in India and six other countries are expected to take part.

Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi will be the chief guest at the inaugural function of the event at 10 am on Friday, while Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will preside over the occasion, a government public relation official here said.

Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, deputy leader Anand Sharma, Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Patel, AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and several other senior party leaders would be present on the occasion as special guests.  

The venue of the dance fest has the capacity to accommodate nearly 4,000 people and it will have a food zone book exhibition, stalls of forest produce, industrial promotion stalls, exhibition related to Chhattisgarh's history, tourism, culture and cuisine, he said.

The dance competition will be based on four themes- dance during weddings or other auspicious occasions, dance during harvest and agricultural-related festivals, dance during traditional festivals and rituals and the last category is other folk and classical dance forms, he said.

Around 39 tribal troupes will be making a presentation in these four different categories covering around 43 dance styles, he added. 

12:04 December 27

Rahul Gandhi takes part in a traditional dance

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi takes part in a traditional dance at the inauguration of Rashtriya Adivasi Nritya Mahotsav in Raipur.

12:03 December 27

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Raipur, "India's economy can not run without taking people of all religions & castes along. Until the voice of every Indian is heard in Lok Sabha and in state Assemblies, nothing can be done about unemployment and the state of economy."

11:28 December 27

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel presides over the Rashtriya Adivasi Nritya Mahotsav

11:08 December 27

National Tribal Dance Festival 2019

Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi is the chief guest at the inaugural function of the event

10:16 December 27

hf
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrives in Raipur, to inaugurate the Rashtriya Adivasi Nritya Mahotsav today.

The event, which is being organised to preserve and promote tribal folk art, will be held at science college grounds. Several senior Congress leaders are expected to attend the event. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will preside over the function.

10:12 December 27

Rahul Gandhi to launch tribal dance fest in Chhattisgarh today

Raipur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit Chhattisgarh capital Raipur today to take part in the opening ceremony of the national tribal dance festival. 

AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other senior leaders are also scheduled to remain present at the inauguration ceremony. 

The state is going to hold a three-day 'National Tribal Dance Festival 2019' at the Science College ground here from Friday, wherein over 1,350 artistes from 25 states in India and six other countries are expected to take part.

Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi will be the chief guest at the inaugural function of the event at 10 am on Friday, while Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will preside over the occasion, a government public relation official here said.

Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, deputy leader Anand Sharma, Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Patel, AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and several other senior party leaders would be present on the occasion as special guests.  

The venue of the dance fest has the capacity to accommodate nearly 4,000 people and it will have a food zone book exhibition, stalls of forest produce, industrial promotion stalls, exhibition related to Chhattisgarh's history, tourism, culture and cuisine, he said.

The dance competition will be based on four themes- dance during weddings or other auspicious occasions, dance during harvest and agricultural-related festivals, dance during traditional festivals and rituals and the last category is other folk and classical dance forms, he said.

Around 39 tribal troupes will be making a presentation in these four different categories covering around 43 dance styles, he added. 

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Raipur, Dec 25 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is

scheduled to visit Chhattisgarh capital Raipur on December 27

to take part in the opening ceremony of the national tribal

dance festival, officials said on Wednesday.

         AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other

senior leaders are also scheduled to remain present at the

inauguration ceremony, they said.

         The state is going to hold a three-day 'National

Tribal Dance Festival 2019' at the Science College ground here

from Friday, wherein over 1,350 artistes from 25 states in

India and six other countries are expected to take part.

         Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi will be the chief guest at

the inaugural function of the event at 10 am on Friday, while

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will preside over the occasion,

a government public relation official here said.

         Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi

Azad, deputy leader Anand Sharma, Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Patel,

AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and several other

senior party leaders would be present on the occasion as

special guests, he said.

         The venue of the dance fest has capacity to

accommodate nearly 4,000 people and it will have a food zone,

book exhibition, stalls of forest produce, industrial

promotion stalls, exhibition related to Chhattisgarh's

history, tourism, culture and cuisine, he said.

         The dance competition will be based on four themes-

dance during weddings or other auspicious occasions, dance

during harvest and agricultural-related festivals, dance

during traditional festivals and rituals and the last category

is other folk and classical dance forms, he said.

         Around 39 tribal troupes will be making a presentation

in these four different categories covering around 43 dance

styles, he added. 


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