Jharkhand CM inspects venue of Tribal Festival 

Ranchi, August 8: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren reached Morhabadi Maidan in Ranchi on Monday evening and inspected preparation for the Jharkhand Tribal Festival to be organised on August 9-10 on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.  

The Chief Minister, while closely inspecting all the necessary aspects including decoration of the main stage, information about various stalls, other furnishings, seating arrangements, food centers, security arrangements, gave many important guidelines to the officers.

The Chief Minister said no laxity should be made in welcoming and providing security to guests arriving from Jharkhand and other states in the festival.

The Chief Minister said that sufficient number of chairs should be installed for the seating of the spectators so that masses coming to watch the festival do not face problem.

He also asked to ensure that the LED screen and sound quality in the venue is good and maintain proper arrangement of entry and exit points of guests.

The Chief Minister also saw the traffic plans for dignitaries coming to the venue and parking slots. The Chief Minister asked the officials to ensure that the entire pandal is waterproof in view of the possibility of rain, so that even if it rains, no one has to face any problem.

Incidentally, The Jharkhand government is all set to hold a two-day tribal festival, beginning on Tuesday, to mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, popularly known as the International Tribal Day.

An array of programmes related to tribal art, culture, tradition and literature will be organized during the two-day festival here at Ranchi’s Morabadi ground. Sports events, panel discussions, seminars, exhibitions and tribal fashion shows are lined up for the festival.

Rajya Sabha member and JMM supremo Shibu Soren will inaugurate the festival in presence of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday, while Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will grace the concluding ceremony of the event on Wednesday.

Earlier, chief minister’s secretary Vinay Choubey and state welfare secretary KK Soan visited the venue on Monday and reviewed the preparations. Choubey directed the officials for proper management of the stage, VIP lounge, exhibition gallery, food pavilion, entry and exit points.

The festival will be participated by artists from Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Sikkim and North East. Local artists of Jharkhand have also been invited for the programme, an official release said.

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren during the launch of Logo for the festival on August 4 stated, “This is for the first time since the inception of the state, a grand Jharkhand Tribal Festival is being organized, which will be participated by representatives of tribal community from Jharkhand and other states. The objective of the programme is to take the tribal civilization and culture on the national stage.”

Tribal Research Institute director Ranendra Kumar told media persons on Monday, “Seminars on tribal history, philosophy, anthropology and literature will be organized on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Experts from various fields from India and abroad will participate in the seminars.” As many as 100 stalls will be set up at the venue where local tribal crafts of all 24 districts of the state will be exhibited, an official release said. A tribal fashion show is also scheduled in the festival where tribal costumes will also be depicted. Apart from known names of fashion world, Miss India contestant Riya Tirkey has also been invited to the programme, the release said.

In a bid to promote tribal cuisines, food stalls will also be set up in the festival. The stalls will be open to all where people can relish the tribal delicacies.