varanasi the highlight of the fifth day of the ongoing national cultural festival on the premises of banaras hindu university bhu was folk songs and dances performed by artists of different zones at swatantrata bhawan on wednesdaythe evening commenced with paika dance form presented by artists of jharkhand followed by nardi by bihar and hozagiri and chandi nach by artists of tripura and west bengal by the time artists of arunachal pradesh took over the platform with their presentation of aji lambu dance a sea of people had congregated around the group with amazed expressions while they were introduced to itit was followed by famous bihu dance form of assam kavir gayen by mp artists and jhijia of bihar but it was garaj baja of up that stole the show receiving maximum applause later in the evening a jugalbandi by pt vishwamohan bhatt and manganiyars mesmerized the packed audience at swatantrata bhawan followed by classical vocal by ashwini bhide deshpande and kuchipudi dance by raja radha reddyearlier in the day childrens films like nono the zig zig kid and children of rhythm were screened as a part of childrens film festival at kn uduupa auditorium for school kids a puppet show mayur puppetry directed by milan yadav was also presented at arts auditorium on the university campus noted dancer vishal krishna also performed kathak at muktakashi manch in the evening various outreach programmes as a part of lok kala yatra were also performed by different artists at ganga ghats sarnath and adjoining villages of varanasi on wednesday