Presentation of traditional ‘Kud Dance’ was the highlight of fourth day’s ongoing cultural show of Trikuta Hills organised by Shri Mata Vaishno Dev Shrine Board at its state of art world class auditorium at Spiritual Growth Centre, Katra. Performances of such a kind of rarest traditional artistic expressions has been organised by Natrang Jammu under the direction of Balwant Thakur for Shree Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, the programme aims at showcasing the priceless cultural heritage of the hills of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi for the visiting pilgrims at Katra which has already crossed the one crore mark this year.
‘Kud’ is one of the most popular dance form of the hills of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi. Primarily performed by men folk this ritualistic dance is performed to please the local deities. People have a belief that during village celebrations and rituals which are organised in the honour of local deities whole men folk perform ‘Kud’ and missing the same may annoy the local deity which no one can afford to do. For centuries this wonderful tradition of dance survived in the same fashion and later it started to be performed in other festivities like marriages, child birth, crop cutting etc. In Trikuta Hills there are three different styles of Kud presentations. One comes from Panjar, another from Sujjandhar and the third comes from Bakkal. Friday’s style of Kud came from village Bakkal of Reasi District which was performed by the artists of Hari Saran Cultural Centre, Bakkal. Laced with the traditional instruments like flute and drums, the artists of Kud who gave remarkable performances included Baldev Raj Sharma, Shaftan Singh, Balwant Singh, Dhani Ram, Balwan Singh and Balwant Raj.
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board is organising daily four shows at 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 3: 30 PM and 5: 30 PM for the pilgrims and the local audiences and these programmes will continue till 5th of January, 2012.
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