Jamshedpur, May 11: The villagers joined in as the artistes travelled through the rural pockets of Saraikela and Kharsawan. The first two days of Kala Jatha ? the cultural rally started by Kalamandir witnessed soome never seen aspects of village revelry as hundreds of villagers joined in the local artists in their mission to revive and protect the lost tradition of Jharkhand.Kala Jatha which was flagged off from the Adityapur Industrial Area Development Authority,(AIADA) Bhawan yesterday would cover about 100 villages in the Saraikela and Kharaswan and out of these about 40 villages would be closely targetted where the artists would carry on varioius awareness programees and meetings with the local villagers. ?It was indeed an overwhelming experience for aech one of us as the villagers joined in the celebartions along with the artist, but it was at Pindarbera in Saraikela that the celebrations reached its zenith, ? said Amitav Ghosh, secretary Kalamandir.All though their voyage covering eight to nine villages in the rural heartland, the 56 odd students selected during the various sessions presented their show, whereas the others enlightened the villagers on the various music and dance forms of Jharkhand. ?All this while, the artists only gave performances in chhau, pata and jhumur, but now they will be joined by a group of tribal artists from Nengtasai specialising in Kathi, ?added Ghosh. Kathis is however a similar dance form like dandiya of Gujarat and has a glimpse of vaishnavisism.The cultural rally which has been started with an aim to promote certain extinct and traditional dance forms of the state, saw folk artists from the district dress up in traditioanl attires and go around the villages to conduct various shows and programmes.. Some of the traditional dance forms that these artists would propogate during the five day long festival includes, Manbhum Chhau, Kathi dance, Pata Naach, Sareikela Chhau, dasai, rinjha, firkaal, sarhul and several other dance forms. ?Though the rally was started to give culture a platform amidsat this rapid industrialization. but in the course of the action we realised that development is needed for culture as wee, therefore our focus would now shift to making these people a part of this movement which in turn would help us to spread the message, ?added Ghosh. This melee of tribal artists would come to an end at Kharsawan on May 15 where a dance festiva has been planned out. 'Kharsawan Chhau- the legacy of Kolhan a documentary made by Kalamandir would also released during the concluding ceremony.eom.