Nritya Vahini-2025, a three-day dance festival, concludes in Tirupati

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National and planetary   students during the valedictory ceremonial  of the International Cultural Exchange Dance Festival – Nritya Vahini astatine  Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam successful  Tirupati connected  Saturday.

National and planetary students during the valedictory ceremonial of the International Cultural Exchange Dance Festival – Nritya Vahini astatine Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam successful Tirupati connected Saturday. | Photo Credit: K.V. POORNACHANDRA KUMAR

The accepted classical and people dancers from Thailand and Sri Lanka, who enjoyed the vibrant confluence of creation forms successful India, expressed that they volition transportation location cherished memories of the creation festival successful Tirupati.

The teams participated successful “Nritya Vahini 2025”, a three-day planetary taste speech creation festival organised by Sri Padmavti Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam (SPMVV) nether the PM-USHA scheme.

From lectures to creation demonstrations, on-stage workshops to breath-taking concerts, the lawsuit witnessed synergy, with Thailand’s revered creation ballet signifier ‘Khon’, Sri Lanka’s ‘Kandyan’ dance, and India’s ‘Kathak’, ‘Garba’ and ‘Bharatanatyam’.

The Thai delegation led by Vipada Petchot, a erstwhile module astatine Chiang Mai Rajabhat University, performed ‘Khon’ creation and showcased ‘Ramakien’, the Thai mentation of the Ramayana.

Rama chasing the magical cervid and Hanuman hampered by the mermaids Suvannamaccha (‘Suvarna Matsya’ oregon aureate fish) during his hunt for Sita were among the episodes performed by the Thai ensemble.

“We besides brought the nuances of the Rama-Ravana warfare to the fore connected the stage”, said her workfellow Krailas Chitkul, who heads the Performing Arts section astatine the university.

“The lawsuit provided america an accidental to look astatine the commonalities, which included the presumption we pronounce and besides the postures we marque during the dance,” said Indika Tikiri Bandara, a module of creation and play astatine the University of Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo, Sri Lanka. His workfellow Tharanga Disanayake conducted the demonstration.

The Lankan squad performed the centuries-old Kandyan (up country) creation form, calved successful the elevation superior of Kandy and tracing its the roots to the Kohomba Kankariya, an past purification ceremonial invoking the divine extortion and healing.

Vice-Chancellors Tata Narasinga Rao (SVU) and V. Uma (SPMVV) honoured the teams astatine the closing ceremonial held present connected Saturday.

Published - November 15, 2025 08:28 p.m. IST

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