Vimukti Pothnal in collaboration with
Karnataka Sahitya Academy Raichur organized Janapada Anusandana, a
“Poetry Symposium" on 23rd of June 2019 at Vimukti Premises. The
program president Dr. Basava Prabhu Patile, the Kannada Sahitya
Prarishad Presendent speaking on the inauguration said, Our ancient
folk culture has been hampered by the changing lifestyles that have
resulted from globalization,” The attraction and imitation of
Western culture has changed our way of life and culture. Modern
inventions are the basis for the destruction of folk literature and
arts, which is the culture of our rural life. Although folk
literature, which represents the principles and principles of
eternal life, is the source of all literature, today it is in
decline. He was concerned that the facts of the children's interests
had changed. “Folk songs composed by the rural people have great
lyrics without any university education. It is the responsibility of
everybody to preserve and shine folk literature and art. ”
The Dr AN Siddheshwari, the main Resource person on the topic of
Shri Bhandaya in folklore, says that folk literature has the voice
of a woman's Bhandaya. She said that the folk literature of the day
had dispelled the culture's resentment with the culture of life. Dr.
Husenappa, who presents the folk heritage of Raichur district, is
rich in folk literature in Amarapura district. Identifying it and
encouraging it should be effective. Talking about folk literature
and the present, Muski Taluk Children's Sahitya Chairperson,
Raviraja Sagar said, "Today's new media needs to open up the
heritage of folk literature to the digital age. New media should be
used to reach all classes of people. Vimukthi Charitable Trust
Director Father Satish Fernandez presided over the program. Folk
singer Venkankaguda Vatagalla Taluk Children's Sahitya Parishad
Chairperson Ambamma Pratap Singh, Sister Martha, Shankara Deva,
Charlie Udabal, Arogyappa, Jessyanthamma, Nagrathna, Mamahta, women
and children were present to this program. Nearly 123
representatives were present and actively participated in the
program.