Folk Fest 2025 conducted by UoH, DLC concludes in Hyderabad

The event had Prof. PS Kanaka Durga (retired) of the Centre launching 'Visualising Culture – The Heritage and Folklore of Rarh', an exhibition on Rarh folklore by Dr. Md Intaz Ali, Netaji Subhash Open University and Patachitra workshop by artist Ranjit Chitrakar

Hyderabad: The Folk Fest 2025 conducted by the Centre for Folk Culture Studies of School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad (UoH), in association with the Telangana Department of Language and Culture (DLC) concluded with upholding the spirit of ‘Unity in Diversity’.

The event had Prof. PS Kanaka Durga (retired) of the Centre launching ‘Visualising Culture – The Heritage and Folklore of Rarh’, an exhibition on Rarh folklore by Dr. Md Intaz Ali, Netaji Subhash Open University and Patachitra workshop by artist Ranjit Chitrakar.

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It also had ‘Karakatam’ performance by Kalai Kulu team from Madurai depicting ‘sakti karakam’ and ‘aatu karakam’ and the beats of temple festival (vizha) and funeral (savadi).

The fest also had academic discussions on folk culture and its changing contexts. A glimpse of the folk tradition of Dangal of Rajasthan was presented by Bishnu and Prof. Bhim Singh, Department of Hindi, UoH. A cultural spectacle was arranged ranging from crowd-pulling ‘Oggudolu’ by Oggu Ravi and his troupe.