International Dance Carnival Begins in Gwalior District

• 31 Oct 2022

Why In News?

• On October 29, 2022, a five-day Udbhav International Dance Festival began in Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh. More than 700 artists from five countries, including India, will perform in it.

Key Points

• 30 teams from Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Sri Lanka, including India, have participated in this international dance carnival.
• The carnival started from the Phulbagh ground in Gwalior, in which artists from five countries including India took out a march. During this, artists from Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Sri Lanka gave cultural performances from their countries at the city squares.
• Taiwan Ambassador Baushuan Geer, who attended the program as the chief guest, said that India and Taiwan are doing many cultural and education programs, artists from both countries are learning a lot by visiting each other's countries and now after Covid for the first time, Taiwanese team is happy to come to India.
• Taiwanese artists said that the culture of India is rich, while it is very different from the culture of Taiwan, which is why they will get to learn a lot after coming to India.
• Kashmiri artists said that they have come to Gwalior for the first time to give performances of Kashmiri folk culture.