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CHANDIGARH: It was Bhojpuri folk songs that set the tempo for the festival of colours during the ''Holi Milan'' programme organised by the Purvanchal Welfare Association in Government College, Sector 46 on Sunday evening.Attired in their colourful dresses, the members of Purvanchal association did not miss a chance to enjoy Holi in advance. The pain of living away from the native place especially during Holi was reflected through a folk song performed by a group that made the gathering nostalgic.

Realising the sad mood, however, the singer changed the track and presented a foot tapping folk number to which the audience danced.

The performers had everything to entertain the crowd. They started their performance with a devotional song after which people applied colours on each other. Kids and women enjoyed the most.

A battery of bureaucrats, local politicians and families from across the region attended the programme in the open air theatre packed to its capacity. People who attended the programme said that though the festival was celebrated in a similar fashion, it were the bhojpuri songs that had brought them to the venue. They said that the live performance by bhojpuri singers in UT is rare.

''The basic idea to organize this programme was not just to bring all the families together but we want to ensure that the present generation is still connected the tradition and culture,'' said Rajinder Singh, president of Purvanchal Association.