{"id":46572,"date":"2025-01-09T17:11:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T17:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/?p=46572"},"modified":"2025-01-09T17:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T17:11:19","slug":"bharat-and-bharatiyata-performed-at-prabasi-bharatiya-divas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2025\/01\/09\/bharat-and-bharatiyata-performed-at-prabasi-bharatiya-divas\/","title":{"rendered":"Bharat and Bharatiyata performed at Prabasi Bharatiya Divas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Traditional dance forms and Maritime history of Odisha enthral audiences<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bhubaneswar, 09\/01\/2025( Odisha Samachar \/ Rajat Mohapatra)-A gala cultural programme organised by Indian Council of Cultural Relations on the theme Bharat and Bharatiyata performed at\u00a0 Prabasi Bharatiya Divas here this evening.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46573 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cul-1-300x142.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cul-1-300x142.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cul-1.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> Artists from across the country performed folk and classical dances in this programme. It showed our cultural richness and diversity explaining about our glorious civilization that has been as outward-looking and adventurous in the material world, as it has been inward-looking, spiritually with this connection from the times of the Indus Valley Civilization with the present world to mutual benefit and shared progress.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46574 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cul-2-300x173.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cul-2-300x173.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cul-2.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The performance unfolds inside a giant ship, portraying the struggles of the Girmitiyas in foreign lands. Their journey of hardship is expressed through the dynamic movements of Chhau and contemporary dance. A projected clock on the ship symbolizes the cycle of time. The dance presentation also began with Classical Kuchipudi dance depicting the Sindhu-Saraswati civilization, maritime trade and the cultural connect.It was added with glimpses of Ramayana and Buddha\u2019s spiritual journey as the world recognizes India\u2019s ancient wisdom and India continues to show the world, the path to universal peace and harmony.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46575 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cul-3-300x153.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cul-3-300x153.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cul-3.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The performance waa also with classical Tarana music with the blending of classical dance forms like Bharatanatyam, Odissi, Kathak, Manipuri, Kathakali and Kuchipudi. Artists enthralled the gathering with such rich tradition of dance and music with their exquisite costumes. Merchants and traders specially Maritime history of Odisha and other parts of India sailed the high seas from Harrappan times to distant parts of the world and this has continued till modern times. This theme with perfect blend of music was performed with folk dances from states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur ,Arunachal Pradesh and Punjab.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46576 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cul-4-300x154.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cul-4-300x154.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cul-4.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46577 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cul-5-300x157.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cul-5-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Cul-5.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Finally, 110 Dancers holding earthen Diyas in their hands, creating a serene and spectacular ambience were on Stage on Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore\u2019s poem \u201cWhere the mind is without fear\u201d celebrating \u2018Pragatisheel\u2019, modern Bharat in the spirit of \u2018Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam\u2019, praying for peace, prosperity and happiness- Sukh, Samriddhi and Shanti.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This storytelling was made even more vivid through a visual depiction on an LED backdrop complemented by a voice narrative by Maitreyee Pahari.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traditional dance forms and Maritime history of Odisha enthral audiences Bhubaneswar, 09\/01\/2025( Odisha Samachar \/ Rajat Mohapatra)-A gala cultural programme organised by Indian Council of Cultural Relations on the theme Bharat and Bharatiyata performed at\u00a0 Prabasi Bharatiya Divas here this evening. Artists from across the country performed folk and classical dances in this programme. 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