Bhubaneswar: A group of students from the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) are on a visit to Romania to participate in an international cultural festival.
The 10 KISS students have been showcasing Odisha’s tribal culture, performing tribal dances and William Shakespeare’s plays in tribal languages.
In the first part of the festival, the students visited and performed at the University of Craiova. Their performance was highly appreciated by the audience.
They were welcomed by Indian Ambassador to Romania, Dr Manoj Kumar Mohapatra, who is personally overseeing and taking care of the students.
KISS students had earlier travelled overseas for sports events, but this is the first time they have performed tribal dances, including Santali, in a foreign country to promote cultural exchange.
The KISS students are among 150 from 30 countries participating in the event.
Ten students from KIIT-DU are also participating in the two-month academic and cultural programme — April 1 to May 31 — under the fully-funded Erasmus+ KA171 Student Mobility Programme .
Ten students from KIIT Deemed to University also participating the event.
For the first time, students from KIIT and KISS are travelling together, learning and experiencing a unique journey side by side.
KIIT and KISS students will jointly perform Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and Hamlet in Santali language, which recently celebrated 100th anniversary of the Ol Chiki script. The students will receive a certificate for courses on Romanian culture and language.
