13th Kalahandi Utsav 2009 will be held, as per scheduled,from 14th Jan to 17th Jan 2009 in Lalbahadur Stadium  Bhawanipatana .The utsav is renamed as Gumura since 2006. With the inauguration of the  Kalahandi Utsav in Lalbahadur Stadium Bhawanipatana , the audience got a taste of Ghumura and varieties of folk dances from Kalahandi and other parts of the country. The festival will conclude on 17 January. A sub-divisional level Kalahandi Utsav will be simultaneously held from 15 to 17 January at Dharamgarh. Other than folk dances, a state-level Pallishree Mela by Ormas and handloom exhibition across 120 stalls are the attractions of the festival. Handicrafts from different parts of the state and traditional wood craft and terracotta items sold well. Thousands thronged the fair. The fair started with members of cultural troupes marching with a torch from Manikeswari temple to the festival venue at Lalbahadur stadium. The inaugural evening was marked by a performance by child Ghumura artists. Folk dances such as Ghumura, Nuakhai dance of Kalahandi, Gotipua of Puri, Kalarupaitu of Andhra Pradesh, Pandwani of Chhattisgarh and Dalkhai of Bolangir willstaged at the inauguration. Inaugurating the festival This year a new thing may be exhibited that is sand art.and may be fine art also