Holi celebration with dance colors

HOLI the festivals of colors and affection that helps to dissolve all the anger with our loved ones। One day before the eve of holi the Ludhiana people enjoyed this with a Malaysian dance trope (the Sutra dance theatre). This group is based in Kuala Lumpur and has also performed in Nishigandhi Festival in Kerala and Konark festival Bhuvneshwar. This is internationally known dance group that has already performed in Chandigarh, Kerala, Ahemdabad; Ponddichary, Guwahati. In case of industrial city, the credit to have them for the city people goes to The Ludhiana sanskritik samagam (LSS).
Ramli ibrahim the main artist and the director of the theatre group said that they performed odissi dance for the Punjabi audience because they are the real appreciator of Indian dances. They have the theme of Spellbound for this special eve. Spellbound offers audiences a wide repertoire of Odissi, especially commissioned from Guru Durga Charan Ranbir and rearranged into a stunning group composition by Ramli to suit the contemporary audience. While the group was performing on the stage (at Guru Nanak Bhavan) the audience seems to be on their toes to join them for the marvelous performance. In a personal meet with the press Ramli said that his association with Odissi dance from goes back to 1970s when he started studying comparative philosophy and religion in Australia adding-” India was pivotal when I started my research that took me to Orissa and the artiste in me fell in love with the state popularly referred to as the land of temples.” He said he constituted his troupe of artistes who with their commitment are now well versed with Odissi repertoire and have successfully performed for Indian, Malaysian as well as international audiences. The well versed artiste on the stage depicts the exact lyrical mood to its brightest part easily by their unforgettable performance.

Origin of Odissi Dance

Odissi is an Indian classical dance style from the eastern state of Orissa in India, being apart of the ancient Odra Marathi style of dance from the eastern region. There is evidence that Odissi was danced in the temples of Orissa as far back as the 2nd century BC. Originally performed as a sacred ritual dedicated to the Gods, Odissi is marked by sensuousness and lyricism, soft, graceful and flowing movements that reflect the divine sculptural motive of the temples of Orissa.
Odissi owes its origin to the temple dances of the devadasis or temple dancers, whose earliest mention dates back to 10th century A.D. Female attendants of the temple, known as Maharis, danced for the Gods at various times of day to accompany various rituals of the temple deity. This dance was to the accompaniment of Mardala or the pakhawaj, small cymbals, flute and veena, a string instrument like the sitar.






Sutra dance group
Sutra Dance Theatre is based in Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia and is recognized as the leading creative performing arts institution in Malaysia. Artistic Director, Ramli Ibrahim and his Sutra Dancers have become a household name in raising the status of dance in Malaysia to what it is today. Sutra’s multi-racial dancers of Malay, Indian, Chinese and mixed races, speak well of dance transcending racial and cultural barriers.

Where is a stop or reform?

In our so called big democratic country its too easy to get education because we have a large no. of colleges or even universities or has become many deemed universities. The only aim these educational groups seems to provide blind education on the basis of quantity not based on quality. No doubt Indians are becoming literate and the percentage of their literacy is going up everyday. BUT here the main question is are they becoming master of their knowledge? THINK for a moment and all of us got many examples for saying ‘NO’ in answer.
So here if i say that most of the Indians like us becoming JACK OF ALL TRADES BUT MASTERS OF NONE by earning lots of degrees only. Here the thing is that we need to take the idea of making ourselves better or perfect in one or two skills even if it’s not bad to be jack of all trade but that is of no use till we are not perfect in some particular field. Secondly, their is a need to look after this that these daily opening of new educational institutes or deemed universities where stands to provide true values of education field.
A few months back a news came that the UGC has taken strict stand to give affiliation to this newly opened universities and many of them are going to be put off but still there are a lot of educational institutes and deemed universities are going on and making fun of youth’s future.
And the so called youngsters are becoming fool by having day dreaming after listening their presentations and high promises. Why they don’t analyse by themselves before getting enrolled in such kind of universities or institutes. Here efforts from both sides are required from govt. and as well as from the side of people to have a perfect education system in our own country.