The distinctive Kathakar pageant opened right here on Friday night with immersive classes by just a few seasoned storytellers from Australia, the United Kingdom, Mongolia and Sierra Leone.

Organised in partnershipp with the Ministry of Culture, the Kathakar pageant was inaugurated by Union Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju at Sunder Nursery.

The pageant additionally hosted a dialog between singer Mohit Chauhan and actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui on the subject of ”Kissey Kahani aur Adakari”.

”I applaud the organisers of the Kathakar for offering a platform to storytellers from world wide. Our society has forgotten the significance of our storytelling custom, so we have to encourage platforms like these. Our authorities will additional contribute to Kathakar sooner or later,” Rijiju stated on the inauguration.

The four-day pageant will hear tales from seven nations, together with South Korea and Israel.

”Stories rising from villages are very highly effective as life is completely totally different there…I really like folks songs and tales which are linked to our lives. Whenever I meet filmmakers, I urge them to make films based mostly on tales from villages,” filmmaker-writer Imtiaz Ali, who can be a patron of the pageant, stated in an announcement.

The pageant will even host Sufi musical night time by Satpal Wadali, a session with actor Sanjay Mishra at India Gate, Kabir Vani by acclaimed folks singer Prahlad Singh Tipaniya, and shadow puppet present by Ramchandra Pulavar and staff.

Among International artists this 12 months, Kathakar will characteristic Niall Moorjani and Sarah Rundle (United Kingdom), Lilian Rodrigues Pang (Australia), Baatarjav Erdenetsogt (Mongolia), Alim Kamara (Sierra Leonne), Seung Ah Kim (South Korea) and Yossi Alfi (Israel).

”This pageant was began by the Gahilote sisters, Rachna, Prarthana & Shaguna in 2010 below the aegis of UNESCO to protect and promote the traditional artwork of storytelling. I’ve been related to it from the very starting and have seen how this pageant has advanced. ”Today, storytelling has change into a thriving artwork kind and has reclaimed a distinct segment viewers. It feels fantastic to have helped revive an artwork kind and contributed my bit in preserving our historic Indian tradition,” Chauhan stated.

The pageant will come to an finish on November 28.

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