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Natraj Natya Kunj concludes month long Folk Theatre Workshop
7/31/2018 11:55:10 PM
Early Times Report

JAMMU, July 31: Natraj Natya Kunj, Cultural Society, Jammu concluded month long production oriented Folk Theatre Workshop and interaction sessions at Studio Ranglok, Bakshi Nagar, Jammu, in which participants were given knowledge of Folk Theatre Forms of the rich Cultural heritage of Dogra region.
With the support of Cultural Academy, Natraj Natya Kunj, Cultural Society, Jammu provided a platform to young and energetic youth of Jammu who wanted to earn knowledge of Folk Theatre of Jammu region. Experts from different fields also interacted with students and delivered lectures, demonstrations and shared their experience with the young aspirants. The artistic talent of the students was improvised by the attending consultant and resource people's namely veteran writer Kumar A 'Bharti', Senior Director Abhishek Bharti, Famous Singer Surinder Manhas, folk artist Gharu Ram and RC Mangotra, delivered lectures and shared their knowledge to the young and energetic artists of the group.
Kumar A 'Bharti' worked on the topic of "Theatre of roots" and taught the students basic principles of play writing and said that it is a high time we should go back to our cultural roots and preserve our rich Dogra Cultural Heritage. Famous folk singer Surinder Manhas shared his experience of folk singing with the artists, he stressed that music is a very powerful way of preserving our regional culture and also taught the students about our folk songs including Baakh and Karak. Abhishek Bharti trained the students about the body language and told the students how body Language affects the overall impact of the play. Gharu Ram and R.C. Mangotra gave demonstrations on 'Bhagtan' and 'Jattar' and recited folk songs related to them. They stressed that it is high time that we should be serious about our folk forms and cultural roots. Manoj Damir and Aaditya Bharti gave demonstrations and guided the students about the difference between traditional and contemporary Make-Up which folk artists do at the time of their performance.
While speaking on the closing ceremony Advisor of the group Dr. Rajinder Thappa said that the main objective of the workshop is to hunt talent of students and enable them to showcase in bigger platform which is necessary. Our folk forms need attention from concerned Departments and they must be protected. Cultural Academy is doing wonderful work in preserving and boosting the cultural face of the State by sponsoring such kind of workshops to the Theatre groups. The closing function was marked by showcase of Folk play named 'Gallan Hoian Beetiyan' by the participants of the workshop. President Natraj Natya Kunj, lauded the support of J&K Academy of Art, Culture & Languages, Jammu for providing funds for Workshop and hoped that in near future such support would be forthcoming so that we could extend our efforts to flourish Dogra Culture.
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