hubli dollu kunita veera gase puja kunita and karadi majalu will soon be as popular as rock electro salsa and jazz on college campuses janapada jatre the hugely successful attempt at showcasing folk arts to citydwellers will now be organized in colleges what is more the government plans to train the college students in folk performing arts with the help of practicing folk artistes the training sessions will end with students performing folk arts on chosen occasions in the first season the jatre was limited to performance by only folk artistes but in the second season we plan to take it to colleges to see that the youth develop interest in the states folk heritage kannada and culture department director manu baligar said the first round of campus performances were held in rbanms and mount carmel colleges in bangalore they will be extended to colleges across the state in phases he addedthe jatre has been temporarily suspended due to the rain the shows will resume by august 15 the kannada and culture department is teaming up with the department of collegiate education for organizing the training sessionsjanapada jatrejanapada jatre was a pioneering effort by the government to ensure that the folk arts are marketed and the artistes get an assured livelihood it started in 2006 in the first season that lasted for three years around 400 shows were held on an average of one show a week near the vidhana soudha and the lalbagh they were also held in the districtseach show included display of 12 folk art forms performed by nearly 300 artistes at least 70 art forms have thus been featured in the jatre till now popular art forms like veera gase puja kunita tamate karadi majalu and choudike pada have been repeated on popular demand this has not only made stars out of folk artistes but also assured them a regular income the government bore the travel lodging and boarding expenses and paid each artiste at least rs 300 per dayfolk art forms regularly featured in jatre hagalu veeshagaararu goravara kunita nagamandala kalgitura laavani jaggahalige kunita karadimajal krishna parijatha gondhaligara ata gaarudi gombe jodu haligi doddata bolakaat ummattaat kombaat dollu kunitha puppetry veera gase beesu kamsale somana kunita bhootha aradhane and yakshagana