BHUBANESWAR, Feb. 3 -- At a time when the entire tribal community of the State is rejoicing the State Cabinet's historic decision to have a Language Commission for the preservation and promotion of languages of the Scheduled Tribes of Odisha, the ongoing Adivasi Mela at the Adivasi Exhibition Ground in Unit-I area will have three-day-long multilingual drama fest of Santali, Desia, Ho and Mundari languages, between February 3 and 5.

While Aya Baba Gayan Semled from Ulidihi under Udala block of Mayurbhanj district will stage a Santali play and the Koraputia Desia Dramatic Club from Koraput district will stage a drama in Desia language on February 3. The Pandit Lokobadra Dramatic Club of Balibhoi in Karanjia from Mayurbhanj district will stag...