Rajyotsava At Inventure Academy

The Awestruck Audience

Crooning Inventurers

Acrobatic precision

Rhythmic war dance
Every year on November 1st, the whole of Karnataka celebrates as it is Rajyotsava. Our previous celebrations were not as mesmerizing as this one. We started this wonderful day in pomp along with our friends from Gunjur School, who were as excited as us. They never really got opportunities like this and their visit was a pleasure. Our Kannada teacher, Nagashree ma’am gave us a delightful speech all about how Rajyotsava came to be. In 1973, they joined all Kannada-speaking districts and renamed it as Karnataka. Jagrithi ma’am translated this interesting speech into English for the rest of us. Finally the performances began. Some men, from different districts in Karnataka danced the Chauriaat accompanied by Ganapathy sir enthusiastically. Soon, us kids from Inventure, sang a melodious tune that went “Aaa Swantantra swargake…” and was taken well. Next in line was the Kattiyaat dance “Katti” meaning sword and “aat” meaning dance. The dancers showed their war-like side and astonished us with uses of their weapons. Then came the “Bolakaat”, a dance around ceremonial lamp. We all found these very rhythmic and their co-ordination was amazing. This troup was called Kaveri Kodava Samaj. Then girls from Bramari Art Academy displayed eye-pooping acrobatic feats in a dance form called “Kamsale” which used tiny symbols. The girls made human pyramids and were very flexible. I for one was amazed at how many different dance forms there are and found the show very educational.

Anusha Ramji, 6A