JOGA Holi Celebration on March 10, 2007 Contents General Overview

Kakali Rath also performed an Abhinaya “Kede Chanda Janelo Sahi .....” an Oriya poem written by the
famous Oriya poet “Banamali”. The poet belonged to the 18th century but till today no one has surpassed
his mastery over the choice or creation of words while expressing “Bhava” and “Rasa”. As the poet
wonders, how such a sweet little kid, Lord Krishna from the Nanda family could achieve the exploits of
even the greatest. The dancer presents all those activities to take the audience into a wonder world. Among
the episodes presented are: the killing of demoness Putana; Mother Yasoda being enchanted at the sight
of the whole universe residing in the small mouth of her son. This marvelous dance item includes many
such childhood antics and advenstures of Lord Krishna and was presented as a combination of Nrutta
and Natya in perfect harmony for effective expression.
Basant Raaga (Part II)
Our MC for this program was Tapasi Panigrahi.
Tapasi started the program with a love song.
The first item was a <strong>Holi</strong> dance by Asmi and Atman
Panigrahi
The second item was an Odia song “Emiti Ranga De
Lo Sakhi” presented by Bagmi Das. This was a song
where the dancer was seeking eternal color that would
never disappear.
Talent Show
The 3rd item was the dance
“Madhuban me Radhika” from
the movie “Lagaan”. This was
presented by Ankita Ray.
The fourth item was a dance
called “Desh Rangila”. This was
performed by Rajashree Mishra
and Shashwati Das. This was a
medley of songs that describes
our colorful country India and
its playing of colors during <strong>Holi</strong>
festival.
The MC for this section was Bagmi Das. In this section we had 4 items. The first item was a song “na
jA jamunA re sahi najA jamunA” presented by Dabashis Das, Divya Das (with keyboard), Mrunali
Das (in Sitar) and Naresh Das (in Tabla). This was a song composed by Banamali Dasa and was taught
by Binod Panda.