Bhubaneswar: Around 70 participants joined the third Museum Walk and explored the crafts and handloom treasure of the state at Kala Bhoomi along the Pokhariput-Khandagiri Road near the proposed heritage corridor Sunday.
A majority of participants were kids who participated in a pottery workshop and tried their hands on the pottery wheel under the guidance of the craftsmen.
Karishma Swain, a Class VI student of DAV Public School, Pokhariput, described her experience as “wonderful’’.
“We learnt from our books that our state is bestowed with so many art, craft and handloom treasures, which are unique in the world,” she said. It was her first visit to the museum to which she said, “After coming here, I realised that we should come and join the walk every week to learn more things.” She appreciated the authorities for allowing kids of her age a waiver in entry fees.
Museum authorities, after seeing the interest at the pottery-making activities, have decided to make it a part of the walk. Sources said the authorities have planned to place the pottery wheel near a water body, where live music would be performed during the event.
Min Chai Liu, a dentist from Rourkela and Subrata Bal, a Customer Service Manager from SBI Rourkela, joined the Museum Walk and were overwhelmed.
Two US students from Emory University in Georgia, Renee Cerovski and Rebekah Williams, who had joined the second Museum Walk last Sunday, took part in the Walk on this Sunday too.
We found this walk very interesting like the first one, we joined just a week ago, they said. They also visited the souvenir shop of the Crafts Museum.
80TH EKAMRA WALKS
The Ekamra Walks Old Town Circuit Sunday morning also attracted many visitors including three students from the capital city of Togo Lome, in Africa. The trio is studying Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) here at KIIT University. Godson Kalipe, who joined the Old Town Heritage Walks some months ago, was accompanied by his other two friends, Abdel Aziz and Rodolphe.