Colourful Cultural March held at ‘Basantotsav’

Ramnagr : The second day of the 18th Basant Festival, ‘Basantotsav’, was celebrated with a colourful cultural march and tableaux competition in Ramnagar. The cultural march inaugurated by Chief Guest Rajeev Agrawal, special guest Arvind Singhal and MLA Deewan Singh Bisht.


The cultural march began from the ‘Pragatisheel Sanskritik Parvaiya Samiti’ office and went across the city. This year, six teams are participating in the ‘Basantotsav’. Each team depicted the culture of Uttarakhand in their tableaux. ‘Jan Aastha Manch’, Mori, Uttarkashi exhibited ‘Doli Dance in local culture’, ‘Dev Bhoomi Maa Sharde, Almora, showed ‘Kali Mata’, ‘Shailja Samajik Samiti’, Pauri, had ‘Shiv Vivah’ as its theme, ‘Hamara Art Group’ (Angwal), Dehradun, put on ‘Swag Shaili Pandwarat’, while ‘Sameswar Kala Sangam’, Raithal, Uttarkashi, depicted ‘Sameswar Devta ki Yatra’ and ‘Aadarsh Kala Manch’, Almora, showed the ‘Bhana Gangnath Jagar’ in the cultural march. Some local teams like Kishanpur Chhoi, Mahila Mangal Dal, Dhela, Self Help Group, Patrani, Mahila Mangal Dal, Gautamnagar Maldhan, etc., also participated in the march.