Jyotirgamaya Festival- Relevance for UPSC Exam
- GS Paper 1: Indian History- Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.
Jyotirgamaya Festival in News
- Recently, Jyotirgamaya Festival was organized on the occasion of World Music Day as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of India’s independence.
- Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER, Shri G. Kishan Reddy inaugurated the Jyotirgamaya Festival.
What is Jyotirgamaya Festival?
- About: Jyotirgamaya Festival is a unique festival to showcase the talent of rare musical instruments from across the country, including street performers, train entertainers, performers attached to temples, etc.
- Organizing Body: Jyotirgamaya Festival is being organized by Sangeet Natak Akademi on the occasion of World Music Day.
- Duration of Festival: Jyotirgamaya Festival is being held from 21-25 June 2022. A live exhibition displaying the making of musical instruments by craftsmen will be open for each day of the festival.
- Significance: The Jyotirgamaya festival envisages sensitising people about the need to safeguard the craft of making as well as the skill of playing rare musical instruments, and to give a voice to ‘unheard’ artistes who hardly ever see the limelight.
- This is a unique endeavour of Sangeet Natak Akademi to salvage the dying performing arts of India and the initiative will persist beyond the festivities of World Music Day.
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World Music Day 2022
- Background: World Music Day was first celebrated as Fête de la Musique in France in 1982.
- The then French Minister of Art and Culture, Jack Lange and Maurice Fleuret, a French composer, started Fête de la Musique (festival of music), in the streets of Paris.
- About: International Music Day or World Music Day is annually observed on 21 June to honour musicians and singers.
- The World Music Day also encourages young and amateur musicians to give a live demonstration of their talent to audiences.
- World Music Day 2022 Theme: The theme for the World Music Day 2022 is “Music on the intersections”.
- Celebrations Across the World: Music artists around the globe organise concerts on World Music Day.
- The celebrations are no more restricted to European nations and now celebrated in more that 120 countries including India.
- Fests, parades, fairs, feasts and dance parties are often organized on the World Music Day.
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