Fri, 07 Aug 1998

Ballet ends India's 50th anniversary

JAKARTA (JP): The India Club Jakarta will present a ballet of festivals to close celebrations here for the 50th anniversary of India's independence.

The ballet will be open to the public free of charge and will be held at the auditorium of Erasmus Huis, Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, tonight.

It will start with the celebration of Ganapati Chaturti, the first festival kindling the festival season and initiated then by freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Others include Janmashtami, marking the birth of Lord Krishna, Diwali, the festival of lights, and Holi, of spring and colors.

Choreographers are dancers Vijayshree Choudhury, Rekha Rao, Sharmila Mazumdar and Uttara Ravimohan. Music will be performed by Lali Sengupta and Akhtar Hussein.

As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of India's Independence, a dance was also performed Tuesday at Erasmus. The dance, performed by Leela Samson, a renowned Indian dance exponent, was organized by the Embassy of India. (ylt)