The dance festival was inaugurated by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, who also released a postal stamp, envelope and a coffee table book on National Tribal Dance Festival-2021 on the occasion.

RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai launched the " Tribes of Bastar " coffee table book prepared by Kangar Valley National Park during the Chitrakote Mahotsav in Bastar on Tuesday ...

Jhinjhi dance expresses devotion to tribal deity, Jhinjhi, especially in the months of Bhado and Kwar. Gendi dance of Chhattisgarh, believed to be as old as Ramayana era, was performed on ...

The dance began with the song ‘Banda chaun karan saini’. later, the performance was followed with the ‘Khele hori’, ‘Jadua kamai patwari’, were presented.

The festival will see performances based on the dance forms of the tribes of Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Manipur, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir, among other states.