WORK IN FULL SWING: Mega stages being set up at the Chandrashekara Patil Stadium in Gulbarga for the Gulbarga District Utsav and `Karnataka Vaibhava' to be inaugurated on Monday.

GULBARGA: Gulbarga district is all set to witness a week-long mega cultural festival — Karnataka Vaibhava — organised by the Song and Dance wing of the Union Government and the Gulbarga District Utsav, being held for the first time at the sprawling Chandrasekhar Patil Stadium Complex in the city.

Agriculture Marketing Minister Sharanabasappa Darshanapur, who would be inaugurating the eight-day cultural festival on Monday, told presspersons that the preparations for holding the festival were in full swing. He said initially the proposal was only to hold the Karnataka Vaibhava, which would narrate the 2000-year-history of the State in song and dance form in 12 mega stages being erected in the stadium.

Later, it was decided to club the Gulbarga District Utsav in the programme, utilising the stage and other arrangements made for the Karnataka Vaibhava cultural festival. The Gulbarga District Utsav was being held for the first time and all arrangements had been made to invite leading artists and cultural troupes to make it a grand success. The Minister said the Gulbarga District Utsav would precede the Karnataka Vaibhava. Light classical singer Kailash Kher and his group would give their performance on the inaugural day, followed by a sound and light show. This would be followed by the Karnataka Vaibhava programme.

On all the days, schoolchildren and college students would present cultural shows in the Gulbarga District Utsav and artists from outside the State would present special programmes. Prominent among the special programmes were by folk artist troupe from Maharashtra on December 19 and qawalli programme by the Sufi Singer Adil Hussaini from Hyderabad on December 20.

The people of the district would get a chance to witness the breathtaking martial art performance by the Kalaripattu Martial Art troupe from Kerala on December 21. This would be followed by a Magic show by Shaker and his group. The Minister said on December 22 there would be a special performance of "Ghoomar" dance by a troupe from Rajasthan and "Diwali dance" by a troupe from Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh. On December 23, a folk dance troupe from Andhra Pradesh sponsored by the South Central Cultural Zone would do a programme and on December 24, another troupe from Andhra Pradesh sponsored by the South Cultural Zone, Tanjavur, would put up its show.

The mega cultural show would conclude with a performance by singer C. Ashwath on December 25.

In Karnataka Vaibhava, over 100 local artists would be part of the colourful presentation of the cultural and literary heritage.

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