58 Tribal Guests, 22 Tableaux, 90 Minute Show: What to Expect at Republic Day Parade Today
Saturday, January 26, 2019 IST
The event on Saturday, where South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will be the chief guest, will begin with the laying of wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
New Delhi: Fifty-eight tribal guests from various parts of the country, 22 tableaux of states and central government departments, and performance by school children will mark the 90-minute parade of this year's Republic Day.
The event on Saturday, where South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will be the chief guest, will begin with the laying of wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Twenty-two tableaux from various states and central government departments on developmental, cultural and historical themes will be part of this year's Republic Day parade. Some of the tableaux on cultural themes will have integrated folk dances, a Home Ministry office memorandum said.
As many as 26 national award winning children, seated in open jeeps, will also form part of the cultural pageant. Three groups of children from Delhi schools and one group of children from Eastern zone Cultural Centre will be part of the parade. Each group will give a performance of about two minutes in front of the presidential dias at Rajpath.
"The duration of the Republic Day parade 2019 will be around 90 minutes," the home ministry said.
On behalf of the Centre, 58 tribal guests from various parts of the country have been invited to witness the celebrations in Delhi. The tribal guests and tableaux artists will call on the president, the vice president, the prime minister and the tribal affairs minister. They will be taken on sightseeing tours in and around the national capital.
Four helicopters would precede the parade commander. The lead helicopter will carry the national flag and the other three choppers would carry services flags, while the echelon aircraft would shower flower petals.
Related Topics
Related News & Articles
Acting on a tip off, customs officials of Qingdao city in Shandong province raided an office and seized more than 800 boxes containing 28,908 world maps.
<...
Recently posted . 570 views . 1 min read
Daughter of a police constable in Malkangiri district, Anupriya Madhumita Lakra will fulfill her lifelong ambition of becoming a pilot when she joins Indigo Airli...
Recently posted . 943 views . 2 min read
In one video, children are seen showing the liquor bottles placed neatly in the lunch packets. The other video shows men who attended the event finding liquor bottl...
Recently posted . 592 views . 2 min read
Balakot airstrike: The Indian Air Force (IAF) planned to use the Crystal Maze missile in conjunction with SPICE 2000 penetrator bombs that Mirage 2000 jets droppe...
Recently posted . 517 views . 1 min read
Trinamool Congress said it was shocked by former president Pranab Mukherjee’s decision to speak at the RSS headquarters, while the CPM picked holes in ...
Recently posted . 527 views . 1 min read
Trending News & Articles
While the Uttarakhand High Court has asked to block 857 websites, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) found 30 portals without any pornographic content.
...
Recently posted . 61K views . 1 min read
The four boys as well as five school officials, including the director and principal, were arrested after the incident. The minors were presented before the Juvenil...
Recently posted . 8K views . 1 min read
Rahul was having an Italian passport and was carrying suitcase full of dollars. Some say it was about was it $2 million.
Rahul and his girl friend was th...
Recently posted . 7K views . 7 min read
True – Tr...
Recently posted . 6K views . 83 min read
More in National
Apart from submerging half the state of Kerala, the heavy rains in August caused an estimated crop loss of about a third of India’s annual coffee output.
Recently posted. 853 views . 1 min read
A relative of the 11 members of a family who were found dead under mysterious circumstances at their home in north Delhi's Burari today suspected foul play in...
Recently posted. 516 views . 1 min read
The court's decision comes after a tough year for Ambani, as parts of his empire saw losses and competition in India's telecommunications market became incr...
Recently posted. 565 views . 1 min read
Recently posted . 628 views
Recently posted . 722 views
Recently posted . 1K views
Recently posted . 2K views
Recently posted . 1K views . 94 min read
Recently posted . 1K views . 57 min read
It is well-known that the realty sector is rife with myriad such cases of defaults in delivery timelines, but why single out Unitech?
...
Recently posted. 737 views . 1 min read
Marriage Rights of Women in India : Living in a patriarchal society, it is imperative that every married woman in India know about their legal rights and the laws p...
Recently posted. 1K views . 2 min read