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FeaturesMay 22, 2008
Music, dance fest held in Kuwait
 

Kuwait recently played host to an Indian Dance and Music Festival conducted by Bharathiya Sanskrithi Manch (BHASMA) as a tribute to late Dr. K T B Menon.

The festival was inaugurated by the ambassador of India to Kuwait, M.Ganapathy on May 1. The programme started with a music concert directed by Mavelikkara Satish Chandran, a disciple of guru Lalgudi Jayaraman and P. Padmesh, disciple of guru Dr. N. Ramani and a resident of Trivandrum. They were accompanied by Perunna Harikumar, disciple of guru T. K. Moorthy on mridangam, Manjoor Unnikrishnan on ghatam and Manoj Mavelikkara on the morsing.

The second part of the programme was a Bhartanatyam recital by Shijith Nambiar and Parvathy Menon, the dancer-couple from Kalakshetra, Chennai.

On Day Two, the programmes featured local talent in Carnatic music. This was followed by a workshop on dance and music conducted by Shijith Nambiar and Chengottai Hariharasubramaniyan.
The finale of the festival was the Carnatic music recital by Chengottai Harihara Subramaniyan.
Ousephachan, a prominent music composer of the Malayalam film industry was honoured at the fest.

Shijith e-mailed 'KutcheriBuzz' to say that that this was the first time that he and his dancer wife Parvathy performed as a duo in Kuwait.
Parvathy Menon has just finished her post diploma course in Kalakshetra, Chennai.

Last year, Shijith had premiered his maiden production titled "Krishna' in Kuwait. He says both the shows were very well received by the rasikas of Kuwait. Shijith teaches at Kalakshetra.

BHASMA conducts this annual festival every year and has done so since 2006; dance was featured for the first time this year.

BHASMA was formed in 2001 by a group of individuals who are keenly interested in Indian culture. It is registered with the Indian embassy, Kuwait.

The patron of the organization is R C Suresh, a businessman. Krishnadas Menon, an engineer is the president and Vijay Elantholy, a businessman from the hotel industry is the secretary.

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