UAIL PROMOTES LOCAL CULTURE THROUGH TRIBAL DANCE DHEMSA
Badal Tah,Odishabarta
Rayagada,March 12:Utkal Alumina International Ltd., a unit of Aditya Birla Group in Kashipur Block of Rayagada district is committed to preserve and promote tribal folk dance“Dhemsa”. The company has been organizing this unique Dhimsa Dance Festival since last 8 years and it received overwhelming response from amongst the villagers of the periphery.
This year also, the company organized Ama Nrutya Ama Sanskruti at Nuapada Township (Helipad Ground). As many as 23 teams from the peripheral villages participated in a competition in the first day of Dhimsa Dance Festival i.e. on 5th March. Hon’ble MLA,Rayagada Makaranda Muduli Inaugurated the program as Chief Guest in the presence of the Unit Head & President – Utkal Alumina, N. Nagesh and Mazharullah Beig (JointPresident-Engineering). The Chief Guest, Hon’ble MLA, Rayagada Makaranda Muduli, applauded the organization’s effort to preserve and encourage the local primitive folk dance.
Unit Head and President Nagesh while speaking to the audience assured the community of the organization’s commitment towards their overall wellbeing.
On the second day,the Hon’ble Minister, Planning &Convergence and Commerce &Transport, Govt. of Odisha Padmanav Behera attended the program as Chief Guest, while Hon’ble Minister of State S.T. & S.C Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare,Govt. of Odisha Jagannath Saraka Hon’ble M.P Rajyasabha N. Bhaskar Rao, Hon’ble MLA, Rayagada ,Makaranda Muduli, Hon’ble MLA,Gunupur ,Raghunath Gamango, Advisor-Biju Swashtya Kalyana Yojana, Govt. of Odisha Shri Sudhir Kumar Das and Sub-Collector, Rayagada Pratap Chandra Pradhan attended as Guest of Honor.
Hon’ble Minister,Shri Padmanav Behera whileaddressing the audience, has applauded the efforts of a corporate house likeUtkal Alumina in promoting the culture of the society. He also hopes that thiseffort of UAIL will find hidden talents who will further exhibit their dance inthe district and state level.
Hon’ble Minister Shri Jagannath Saraka , Hon’ble M.P Rajyasabha both the MLA ,Advisor-BSKY, Sub-Collector-Rayagada also lauded theefforts of the company and said that such type of cultural activity willdefinitely encourage the local artists.
Sri N. Nagesh, Unit Head and PresidentUtkal Alumina International Limted speaking this occasion mentioned that, UtkalAlumina is always committed for enhancing Art & Culture of this area andfurther we can take it to national and international level. By further accelerating such efforts in the future.
On this great occasion Mr UmaSankar Majhi (OAS), Mr Gyana Ranjan Majhi (OAS), Ms Suhila Majhi ( WeightLifting) , Sri Laxman Nayak ( Karate), Sri Kameswar Sahu in the field of Socialwork from Kashipur Block were felicitated by thecompany. The Dignitaries offered ashawl & citation for his contribution.
It is notable to see Mailiguda Tribal dance Group as the winner ofthis Tribal Dimsa Dance competition, Sanamatikana becoming the First Runners up and K.Siriguda as Second Runners up among 23tribal dance group from different periphery villages those were participated in the dance competition from Kashipur Block on 1st day of the function i.e on 5th March 2020.
T.M. Prakash (V.P. HR & IR), Mr Siba Sankar Mahapatra, G.M,(CSR, R&R and Land & Liaison), Dr. Lopamudra Priyadarshini (G.M.Sustainability & Community Relations) andother officials from Utkal Aluminawelcomed the Guests as well as encouraged the local artists for their participationin the mega cultural extravaganza.
On the second day, dance troupes from Swar Sagar, Rayagada; Female employees of CSR Utkal Alumina performed colorful dances forthe audience. Executives of Utkal Alumina participated the program along with their family members. More than5000 people witnessed the two days program.
