VISAKHAPATNAM: Tribal and rural folk dance performances from different parts of Andhra Pradesh and other regions entertained Indian and foreign delegates attending the CII Partnership Summit at the Andhra University Engineering College grounds here on Thursday.
Around 1,250 domestic and international business leaders, CEOs and delegates from 59 countries, along with 15 foreign ministers, participated in the summit.
The inaugural session began with traditional dance performances accompanied by live music played on traditional instruments. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan played drums at the venue. The three also toured the venue and watched performances by various cultural troupes.
Director of cultural affairs for the summit, R Mallikarjuna Rao, said five groups from different parts of the state performed Urumulu, a thunder dance rooted in Rayalaseema; Dhimsa, a tribal folk dance from the Andhra-Odisha border region; Kommu Koya, a dance of the Koya tribe from Chintoor; Garaga, in which dancers balance decorated pots; and Tappeta Gullu, a traditional art form from North Andhra.
More than 200 traditional dancers from across the state travelled to Visakhapatnam. Of them, 100 performed at the summit venue, while the remaining 100 welcomed delegates at various hotels in the city through traditional dance performances.
Similar performances would be held during the valedictory session on Friday, November 13.
The Dhimsa performance, popular among tribal communities in AP and Odisha, drew the attention of delegates. The dance depicts the unity, joy, community spirit and daily life of indigenous communities and is accompanied by a variety of traditional instruments.
Several foreign delegates joined the dancers, while their colleagues took photographs.
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