Underprivileged Noida Kids Perform Assam's Sattriya Dance at 'North East Festival' in Delhi

New Delhi, November 10, 2019:

The audience at the seventh North East Festival, that is currently being held in New Delhi, were pleasantly surprised when a batch of underprivileged kids took to the stage to perform Sattriya.

What is truly baffling is that these tiny dancers were neither from Assam nor were they privileged. Meenakshi Medhi, who originally hails from Guwahati, guided the kids from Noida and taught them the classical dance form from Assam.

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The dance by the underprivileged kids left people spellbound and many have been praising the Sattriya dancers for learning the very difficult Assamese dance form.

Center for Social Change a NGO based out of Noida, which is working in the field of education and empowerment of the the marginalized students and women along with Meenakshi Medhi, a Sattriya exponent, have been working together to introduce Sattriya to the marginalized kids of Barola, a village located in Noida. Center for Social Change was founded by Dr Bani Bora.

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The seventh North East Festival is a three-day festival that kicked off on November 8 in the national capital at the Indira Gandhi National Centre of Arts (IGNCA) in Janpath.

The cultural extravaganza showcases the rich art & culture, cuisines and music of the Northeast region.

Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and Assam heartthrob Zubeen Garg were also part of this three-day event held in New Delhi.

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