He explained how it is built by combining the pumpkin shell (specially grown in Pandharpur village, Maharashtra) and wood. Then he moved on to the aspects of building a sitar. He started his workshop with an introduction to music what is music and how it gained popularity. The programme started with a beautiful rendition of the Saraswati vandana by the senior choir of the host school followed by an instrumental music workshop by famous sitarist, Pandit Gaurav Mazumder, disciple of maestro Bharat Ratna Pandit Ravi Shankar. The venue was very familiar as we had attended instrumental music (Sitar) and Indian classical dance (Kuchipudi) performances there in the past. The Performing Art workshops were held in the auditorium. Some of the creations were also offered as gifts to the teachers. He deftly crafted animals with the help of twigs.
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The creations were highly appreciated both by teachers and students. Katum – kutum means ‘created from found objects’, namely twigs and small branches of trees. Shankar taught the craft of ‘Katum – Kutum’ which was originally created by the great artist Abanindranath Tagore, founder of the influential Bengal Art.
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Shankar along with Haardik Gogia of class VIII represented our School. The art and craft workshop was conducted at a common venue by teachers from different schools. Such a sight infused the creative mood in the minds of the visitors on the first day of the art festival, very aptly named ‘Art Conclave’. As we entered the host school premises, we could see students seated in groups and engrossed in painting. The programme was divided in three parts. The students who participated were Sukhbani Kaur (VI), Deeposri Choudhury (VIII), Prithvi Singh Gulia (VIII), Ananya Sundresan (VIII), Devansh Mukhopadhyay (VIII) and Hardik Gogia (VIII).
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Shankar, attended an art festival cum workshop at the Birla Vidya Niketan, on 2 November 2018. A group of six students from classes VI to VIII accompanied by their teachers from the music and art departments, Ms.