Friday, February 8, 2019

Maharashtrian cultural performers at Surajkund International Craft Mela

CHANDIGARH, FEB 8 
In the ongoing 33rd Surajkund International Craft Mela, the traditional dance performances by highly skilled dancers of the Theme State- Maharashtra, like Mangla Gaur, Dindi Lok Nritya, Lavani dance, Kohli lok Nritya  made  the audience dance to their tunes. Despite rainy spell late last evening, the audiences were cheering 'once more' for the artists in the Chaupal.
    Dressed in colourful traditional attires the Maharashtrian cultural performers brought alive the spirit and heritage of Maharashtra and made the audience glued to their seats.
   The artists also presented a fusion of modern and traditional dance to convey a social message on women empowerment. This engaging act left the audience mesmerised. The Chief Guest on the occasion was Mr K.K. Yadav, Chief Engineer, Haryana Tourism who graced the occasion with other dignitaries.
This time, Surajkund Mela 2019 has made access to the mela for the visitors a hassle-free experience by providing the facility of M-ticketing.  With innovative technology of, visitors are able to book tickets for the mela online and with just a QR code scan they are able to enter the mela without queuing up in lines. It is a feature that every visitor is appreciating.
          Posters of the mela can be seen at Metro Stations and hoardings across Delhi. Promotions at PVR cinemas along with radio channels are reaching out to a vast audience.  Surajkund Mela is surely going the digital way.
The school children participated in various competitions with fervor which included face painting competition. Each and every participant displayed their creative skills with paint and brush and the canvas being a human face. The judges found it challenging to decide the winners as each child presented exceptional talent. A kite flying competition was held near the Historical Surajkund Reservoir, where school children were all equipped with colourful kites to impress everyone including the judges with their exceptional talent of kite flying.
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