Sumit Bhale Wins Gold Medal at the International Folk Art Festival
Lavni artist from Maharashtra, Sumit Bhale of Fulbari taluka won a gold medal at the International Folk Art Festival in Dubai. With his splendid performance, Maharashtra's splendour was widely appreciated at the international platform. Lavani is a genre of music popular in Maharashtra and is a combination of traditional song and dance, which is particularly performed to the beats of Dholki, a percussion instrument.
Vast 4,500-year-old Network of 'Funerary Avenues' Discovered in Saudi Arabia
Archaeologists in northwest Saudi Arabia discovered 4,500-year-old funerary avenues, the longest running for 105 miles (170 km), alongside thousands of pendant-shaped stone tombs.
They are called funerary avenues because tombs are located beside them. While funeral processions could have taken place on them this is uncertain. They would have linked oases together and formed an ancient highway network of sorts.