Indian folk troupe to perform at NCC tonight –headed for New Amsterdam Sunday
Shri Jeetendra Parashar and Pradeep Samtani speaking with media operatives (Photos by Delano Williams)
Shri Jeetendra Parashar and Pradeep Samtani speaking with media operatives (Photos by Delano Williams)

THE Rajasthani Folk Performance Troupe from India, led by Shri Jeetendra Parashar, will be performing at the National Cultural Centre today and on Sunday in New Amsterdam, Berbice. Nine persons will be performing the ‘Lord Krishna’s Ballet’, and the concert at NCC is free of cost and begins at 6:30pm.

Part of the Rajasthani Folk Performance Troupe from India
Part of the Rajasthani Folk Performance Troupe from India

Indian Commemorative Trust (ICT) executive member Pradeep Samtani said that the group is here in collaboration with the Indian High Commission of Guyana and the ICT.
Samtani is urging Guyanese to take up the opportunity to view this very talented group out of India, noting that this is the first time such a group is in Guyana.
The Rajasthani Folk Performance Troupe from India, led by Shri Jeetendra Parashar, is well known for their folk dance and music performances throughout India and other parts of the world.
The nine-member group has been performing devotional acts in the form of plays or ‘Leelas’ as they pay homage to Lord Krishna. The group’s plays and dances which are regularly performed showcase indigenous culture from the Indian state of Rajasthan.
Meanwhile, student workshops are scheduled with the dances and musicians at the Indian Monument Gardens tomorrow from 10:00 to 12:00hrs.
Shri Jeetendra Parashar, Director and Choreographer of the troupe, explained that the group is very happy to be performing in Guyana. “We are very happy to be here. It feels like we are right in India because when we landed over here it was just like home.” He noted that the persons that they have met so far have been very hospitable.
He related that the troupe is “all set to deliver dances and other performances on Lord Krishna and Radha Rani and it is like a ballet performance.” Parashar is urging persons to come and experience a new dance form in Guyana.

By Rebecca Ganesh

 

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