Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Society of Americas (OSA) celebrated Nua Khai, the mass agrarian festival of Western Odisha in a grand manner.
The virtual festival titled “Nuakhai Juhar” was attended by 3000 viewers across the world through online and live streaming.
Attending the web convention, celebrated Kosali poet Padmashri Haladhar Nag enthralled the audience with rendition of his poetry. Odisha’s Energy Minister Capt. Dibya Shankar Mishra articulated the bondage between nature and mankind. Senior bureaucrat Dr Arabinda Padhi extended his felicitations to the people of Western Odisha.
Singers Suparna Behera, Achyuta Acharya, Madhabika Nayak, Nibedita Gantayat, Gayatri Senapati, Sushri Sruti, Biswa Behera, Ashok and Sasmita Panigrahi kept the audience spellbound by their soulful rendition of Sambalpuri and Odia songs.
OSA president Kuku Das said the Society is the largest offshore non-resident Odia association based in America. It has 18 branches spread over 50 states of USA and Canada.
