Tag: Danda Nata

Berhampur: The 21-day seasonal folk dance festival ‘Danda Nata’ is underway in the villages and towns of Ganjam district. The festival, which marks the worship of Shiva and Shakti, comes at the end of long walks which devotees undertake as a form of penance. Thousands of participants of various sections of the society, known as ‘dandua’, […]

Berhampur: At least 34 Danduas, main actors of popular seasonal folk dance Danda Nata, have been arrested from several villages in Odisha’s Ganjam district for allegedly trying to perform by violating the lockdown norms imposed to prevent the spread COVID-19 (coronavirus), police said on Thursday. While nine Danduas were arrested from two different villages in […]