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Sambalpur Loka Mahotsav
is scheduled to be held during January 3 to 4, 2009.
A cultural manifestation of the hidden age-old traditional performing
art of a vast geographical area is possible through this annual celebration
of the festival in the name of Sambalpur Lok Mahotsav. This festival is by
the people, for the people, of the people & a reflection of the socio-
anthropological evolution of the people of an area. Here Lok means People
only.
This festival is not only a source of entertainment & festivity; it is
capable of exhibiting the amazing conglomeration of traditions, beliefs,
sorrows & philosophies of the people which vitalize the rituals & festivals.
One can feel by seeing the unimpaired preservation of these to the present
day. These aspects of the people give meaning & depth to their lives &
solidarity to their social structure Going back to a decade past, a
constellation of sensible connoisseurs of culture & artists of this land, in
the name of Artist Forum conceived a State level folk festival at Sambalpur
to present the folk performing art on a single platform with a sincere
motive of research, documentation, presentation & promotion.
The idea was unique & premier of its kind. An action plan to its
effect was submitted to the Government of Orissa, by the then Collector Sri
T.K.Pandey, I.A.S. & it got materialized in the time of the collector Sri
N.K.Mishra, I.A.S. The first ever Festival started on the 4th, 5th, & 6th
January’1997 in the name of Orissa Lok Nrutya O Sangeeta Mahotsav 1997,
Sambalpur. Presently, it is popularly known as Lok Mahotsav.
Sambalpur Lok Mahotsav is celebrated for three days on the 4th, 5th, &
6th of January every year, except the year 2000, when it was celebrated on
15th, 16th & 17th of March due to the super cyclone in Orissa. The District
Council of Culture, Sambalpur, celebrates the festival in collaboration with
the Department of Tourism & Culture, Government of Orissa & Eastern Zone
Cultural Center, Kolkatta |
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