Jyotirgamaya Festival- World Music Day 2022

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Jyotirgamaya Festival- Relevance for UPSC Exam

GS Paper 1: Indian History- Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.

Recently, Jyotirgamaya Festival was organized on the occasion of World Music Day as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of India’s independence.
- Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER, Shri G. Kishan Reddy inaugurated the Jyotirgamaya Festival.

About: Jyotirgamaya Festival is a unique festival to showcase the talent of rare musical instruments from across the country, including street performers, train entertainers, performers attached to temples, etc.
Organizing Body: Jyotirgamaya Festival is being organized by Sangeet Natak Akademi on the occasion of World Music Day.
Duration of Festival: Jyotirgamaya Festival is being held from 21-25 June 2022. A live exhibition displaying the making of musical instruments by craftsmen will be open for each day of the festival.
Significance: The Jyotirgamaya festival envisages sensitising people about the need to safeguard the craft of making as well as the skill of playing rare musical instruments, and to give a voice to ‘unheard’ artistes who hardly ever see the limelight.
- This is a unique endeavour of Sangeet Natak Akademi to salvage the dying performing arts of India and the initiative will persist beyond the festivities of World Music Day.

Background: World Music Day was first celebrated as Fête de la Musique in France in 1982.
- The then French Minister of Art and Culture, Jack Lange and Maurice Fleuret, a French composer, started Fête de la Musique (festival of music), in the streets of Paris.
About: International Music Day or World Music Day is annually observed on 21 June to honour musicians and singers.
- The World Music Day also encourages young and amateur musicians to give a live demonstration of their talent to audiences.
World Music Day 2022 Theme: The theme for the World Music Day 2022 is “Music on the intersections”.
Celebrations Across the World: Music artists around the globe organise concerts on World Music Day.
- The celebrations are no more restricted to European nations and now celebrated in more that 120 countries including India.
- Fests, parades, fairs, feasts and dance parties are often organized on the World Music Day.