Ratnawali, Haryana Day state-level cultural festival postponed
Ratnawali, the cultural extravaganza will be celebrated in Kurukshetra University Campus from November 2 to November 5 2011.
THE RATNAWALI, an annual cultural extravaganza of Kurukshetra University, will commence on November 2 this year, a deviation from its scheduled time in the last 25 years due to Diwali celebrations. 
Popularly known as the cultural experimental laboratory of Haryana, the Ratnawali will have some special surprises and announcements in store for the audience this year. A special cultural competition of Haryanvi Chaupal has been introduced for the first time this year after its pilot project was initiated last year as guest item to popularise this concept amongst the young generation of Haryana. Chaupal is famous rendezvous for the ruralites of Haryana to get rid of the daily woes of life and to recreate passion for life for the ensuing period of life.
Another cultural experiment will be made on Saangeet Sandhya, a cultural evening to promote various thematic aspects of the singing during the stage performance of any musical drama. This has been introduced to promote various kinds of singing styles of Raagnis, Tabola, Chabola, Rasiya etc., which is termed as folk singing in the rural sector of Haryana during night long entertainment.
Disclosing this, Anoop Lather, Director Youth & Cultural Affairs, Kurukshetra University said that Haryana Day Festival used to be a three item cultural program for just one evening before 1984 which has risen to the size of a four days cultural extravaganza with at least 25 items for the students of Haryana. Earlier there use to be only one venue for the competition on this occasion which has spread to six venues across the University campus. Now, the participation has grown to approximately 3000 students this year, from merely 150 students on the campus in 1984.
Lather plans to expand the cultural hemisphere of Haryanvi culture even to the neighbouring states of Punjab, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan so that the mother tongue could be promoted in cultural themes in Northern India.
Already, Ratnawali is popular for the netizens not only in India but also abroad among the young and old alike with many specific inputs of singing, dancing, writing as well as photos and videos. Ratnawali popularly known as Haryanvi Sanskriti ka Mahakumbh has made Kurukshetra the cultural capital of Haryana, with steps leading to make it cultural capital of India in future.
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