ଦୀପାବଳି ବା ପୟା ଅମାବାସ୍ୟା

ସ୍ଵୟଂପ୍ରଭା ପାଢ଼ୀ, ସମଧ୍ୱନି ପତ୍ରିକାର (ପ୍ରିଣ୍ଟ ଓ ଡିଜିଟାଲ) ସମ୍ପାଦକ, ଗାୟିକା, ଲୋକ ସଂସ୍କୃତି ଗବେଷିକା. Ms Swayamprava Parhi is an Artist, cultural journalist and folk cultural researcher. She is the Chief Editor of Samadhwani. Swayamprava has been involved in the Village Biography Writing Initiatives with school students since 2005. During Covid-19, she initiated a new approach to work with school students. She shifted her village biography work online while tying up with different schools in Odisha. She is extensively documenting issues like the Food culture of Odisha, Syncretism in India, and Music of the Marginalized Artists. Now, she is focusing on the role of Women in the Performing Folk Art forms of Odisha. She also happens to be a Documentary Filmmaker and a Pod-caster. She has been working closely with noted organic farmer Sri Natabar Sarangi since 2008 in the Narisho/Niali areas and documenting his childhood memories, life experiences and food history of coastal Odisha.