Bal Sangam: Witness the Unexplored Talents with Un-witnessed Traditional Performance

The sweet melody of flute, dug dugdug sound of the dugdugi, the distinct music of Dotara, nothing compares to the sweet memories of the childhood mela. A flexible girl, a juggler, some clowns in myriad coloursare nowhere to be found in today’s time, more so in an urban setting. 

These week-long mela-like treat for childrenwill be brought by Sanskaar Rang Toli (T.I.E Co.) of National School of Drama during the Bal Sangam 2013, starting from 14^th November.

This year, NSD’s Sanskar Rang Toli – Theatre in Education Co. which was established in 1989 celebrates its Silver Jubilee year and BalSangam 2013 marks the beginning of the year-long celebration.

Commencing on the Children’s Day,the weeklong festivalat the New Delhi NSD Campus, promises to be a traditional, cultural, and mela like delight for its attendees.From folk dance, martial arts, acrobats, street performances like juggling, magic shows, puppet shows and many more experiences,BalSangam will present 10 group’s vivid, distinct and on the verge of extinction performing arts.

RatanThiyam, NSD Chairperson shares on the occasion, “North East Region has very rich traditional and cultural heritage. Various art forms are so rare and exquisite it has become the need of the hour that they be brought back into the limelight and be given due attention they so right fully deserve.”

With special focus on North East Region, BalSangam 2013 brings the tarts by children from this region. It took six months of hardwork in finding these 11 traditional folk performers (child artist groups) from all over the North East by T.I.E. Co. The artists are not trained or taught; rather they have inherited from their families who still practice these performing arts which are now on the verge of extinction.

In this category of folk and performing arts Groups which would participate are, Abhiyan from Tinsukia, Assam; A’chick Theatre from Tura, Meghalaya; Bashel Brothers Creations, from West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh; Kohinoor Langa from Rajasthan; Blooming Cultural Akademy, IrilbungImphal West, Manipur; Dapon The Mirror, Tangla, Udalpuri BTAD- Assam; GuguraBodol, NazirPukur Par, Krishnanagar, Agartala, Tripura; KadamtaliOjapali Dal from Darrang Assam, Neuhof Cultural Club,Aizawl, Mizoram; Padma AdzerChoeling from East Sikkim and TiwaBhasha- SanskritiCharchaSomittee from Nagaon, Assam.