Badal Academy will play an important role in preserving and promoting the tribal culture of Bastar : CM Bhupesh Baghel
Raipur: Chief Minister Bhupesh
Baghel on Sunday inaugurated the newly-built campus of Bastar Academy of Dance,
Art and Language (Badal) at Asna village near Jagdalpur, the headquarters of
Bastar division.
On the occasion, chief minister
Baghel said that Bastar Academy of Dance, Art and Language (Badal) will play an
important role in the preservation and promotion of folk dance, local dialects,
literature, and craftsmanship of Bastar. This academy has been established at
the cost of Rs 5.71 crore. Through this academy, knowledge about various tribal
cultures of Bastar would be passed on from one generation to another and be
glorified at national and international-level. At this academy, field staff and
officials would be provided training in local dialect for smooth execution of
government works.
Chief Minister said
that the echo of the glorious culture of Bastar would be heard not only in
India but across the country and abroad. Bastar’s culture will get a new
identity through Badal Academy.
A motel built on 2
acres of land in the Asna village of the Tourism Department was selected for
establishing the Badal Academy. Nearly five acres of land were prepared for this
project by including the land of the revenue department and other land plots. As
soon as the land was prepared, the construction of Bastar Academy for Dance,
Art, and Language (Badal) was started.
This Academy mainly includes individual divisions for folk songs and folk dance,
folk literature, language, and Bastar art and craft. Under the Folk Songs and
Folk Dance Division, the youngsters will be provided training in all the folk
songs of Bastar, a compilation of folk dance songs, sound recording, filming, and
performance. This includes the training in singing-dancing, Dandari dance, Dhurva dance, Parab dance, Lenjageet,
Jagar Geet are prominent.
Under the Public
Literature Division, the work of compiling, writing, and conveying the religious
customs, social fabric, festivals, poems, idioms etc. of all the tribal
communities of Bastar will be ensured. Under the language division, people will
be trained in these dialects by preparing a speaking course for the famous
dialects of Bastar, Halbi, Gondi, Dhurvi, and Bhatri. Similarly, under Bastar
Arts and Crafts Division- the art of performing and producing woodwork, metal
art, bamboo art, jute art, tumba art etc. of Bastar will be taught.
The three buildings
built in the campus of Badal Academy have been named after the brave martyrs of
the state. This includes the administrative building named after Shaheed Jhada
Sirha, the residential complex named after Shaheed Gendsingh of Halba tribe, and
the library and study building named after Shaheed Veer Gundadhur of Dhurwa
community. At the inaugural programme of Badal Academy, a play based on the
life of these personalities was staged by the local artists.
On this occasion, an MoU was signed between Badal
Academy and Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh today. Under this
MoU, both the institutions have agreed to work together for the preservation and
promotion of folk dance and folk music. The university will conduct the
disciplines related to its courses by giving recognition to Badal Academy.