Raigarh secures first place, Kanker and Surajpur secure second and third place respectively

Raipur, TNINS

The main stage of State Youth Festival at the Raipur Science College ground was dedicated to artists dancing to Mandar beats on the first day. The young artists enthralled the audience with Mandar beats. The audience was seen as excited over the wonderful performance of the artists. Raigarh secured first place at the competition, while Kanker and Surajpur secured second and third place in the Karma dance competition in the age group of 15 to 40 years.

Artists from Durg, Raigarh, Surajpur, Kanker, and Balod districts gave a mesmerizing performance in their traditional costumes on the main stage at the Science College ground. The audience liked Karma dance performed by the youth. Karma dance is one of the folk dances prevalent in the culture of Chhattisgarh. Karma dance is performed by the tribes residing in the state. These tribes assemble under the Sarai and Karam trees and perform a dance with singing Karma songs. Tribal groups gather once a year to celebrate the festival in which they worship their deities. They perform the Karma dance around the Karam tree. Karma dance gives us the message of 'Karm'. 

On the main stage, artists from Surajpur district under Surguja division, Raigarh district under Bilaspur division, Balod district under Durg division, Kanker district under Bastar division, and Mahasamund district under Raipur division performed in the age group of 15 to 40 on traditional songs. The young men and women captivated everyone's hearts. The youth of Surajpur district presented Karma dance with local folk song, the folk artists from Raigarh district performed in white costumes to the tune of melodious music, and the youth of Balod district performed Karma dance with chanting 'Chhattisgarh Mahtari aur Bharat Mata ki Jay'.

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