Culture Ministry to hold All India dance competition- Vande Bharatam Nritya Utsav as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 13, Nov 2021

Culture Ministry will hold a Vande Bharatam- Nritya Utsav, an All-India dance competition as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Briefing media in New Delhi, Minister of State for Culture Meenakshi Lekhi said, the objective of this competition is to select dancers who will perform during the cultural programme at the Republic Day Parade  next year. The final performance will take place on 26th January at Rajpath, India Gate.

She said, Vande Bharatam group dance competition will start from 17th of November at district level. Competition will be held at District, State, Zone and Inter-Zone or National Levels. Ms Lekhi said, final National Level competition will be organised on 19th of next month at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi. She said, participants can perform in four categories Classical, Folk, Tribal and Fusion or Contemporary. The Minister said, 480 dancers will be eventually selected as winners from the National level and they will perform during the cultural performance at the Republic Day Parade.

On this occasion Ms. Lekhi also launched the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav App.

Sources : News On Air