Darjeeling Folk Dance & Song

Ranjana Sharma

Call: +91-9734163739

Ranjana Sharma is 39 years old Sangini Artist and she is practising the form for last 15 years. She has learnt Sangini Dance from her mother-in-law Smt. Dhan Maya. She is educated up to higher secondary level and can speak Hindi and Nepali fluently. She performs mostly in and around Darjeeling.

Garjan Kumar Mallick

Call: +91-9933132351

Garjan Kumar Mallick is a famous Dhimal dancer. He started his career as an artist while he was in college. Now he is a teacher who imparts training to the young generation in his community. He has performed in Kolkata, Delhi, Guwahati and Bihar. He has also performed in Kolkata Doordarshan programme.

Samjana Mallick

Call: 8327244475

Samjana Mallick is a traditional dancer of the community. She has started dancing at the age of 11 yrs. Her guru is Garjan Mallick. Her two younger sister is also a traditional dancer. She has performed many times at Kolkata, Darjeeling, Guwahati, Kalimpong, Kurseong, Siliguri tv centre DD-1, North Bengal University, Rabindra Bharati University, Alipurduar, EZCC program at Coochbehar, Kala Bhaban at Purnia(Bihar) and Rajya Bhawaiya Utsav. She has received recognition from North Bengal University, DICO, Darjeeling folk festival and Local language & cultural study centre NBU.

Tsewang Paljor

Call: 9832094280

Tsewang Paljor is a 68 yrs old Tibetan opera, music and dance specialist from Kalimpong. He is a retired teacher of Central Tibetan Schools Administration under ministry of Human Resource Development. From school he started learning Flute, Dram-nyen(Tibetan lute) and Tibetan opera. He is practicing and teaching this art form for last 20 yrs. He is associated with Gangjong Doeghar (Himalayan Performing Art) and KTOA (Kalimpong Tibetan Opera Association is the first Opera association in India) as a secretary since 1998 and 2000 respectively. He is group leader and narrator for the performance. He has performed many time with his group at Karnataka, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Bhutan, Nepal etc.