National Tribal Literature Festival, 2022

• 18 Apr 2022

Why In News?

On April 17, 2022, Tribal and Scheduled Caste Development Minister Dr. Premsai Singh Tekam informed that on April 19, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel would inaugurate a three-day National Tribal Literature Festival at Pandit Deendayal Auditorium, Raipur.

Key Points

• Along with the National Tribal Literature Festival, a state level art and painting and tribal dance festival will be organized under the auspices of the Tribal Research and Training Institute.
• Padmashree Damayanti Besara, Padmashree Haldhar Nag, Padmashree Saki Neti Ramachandra (Koya tribe) related to the preservation and development of folk culture will be specially involved in its opening ceremony.
• On the first day of this festival, on April 19, in the first session, a research paper was presented on the topic of tribal literature, linguistics and translation, tribal identity in tribal literature and depiction of tribal life in tribal literature and relevance of the oral tradition of tribal societies and diversity and challenges in tribal literature.
• On the second day, 20th April, research papers will be presented on gender related issues in tribal literature, tribal art literature, socio-cultural conflict in tribal literature, issues of tribal literature, challenges and possibilities and issues and challenges of tribal development.
• In the fifth session on the third day, 21 April, research papers on tribal freedom fighters (their struggle, role and contribution in the Indian independence movement) will be presented.
• Various dance forms of Chhattisgarh, such as Shaila, Sarhul, Karma, Sondo, Kuduk, Dussehra Karma, marriage dance, Madai dance, Garvsingh Gedi, Karsad, Mandari, Dandar etc. will be performed in the festival. Along with this, under the program, theatrical performances based on tribal culture and tribal great men and Krantiveer, Gundadhur, Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh will be done by eminent artists.