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PARBOTTO-MELA
Four-day Parbotto Mela begins in city tomorrow
DHAKA, March 20, 2019 (BSS) – A four-day Parbotto Mela-2019 (Hilly Fair)
will begin at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the capital tomorrow.
The Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Ministry with support from the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO) is going to arrange the fair aiming to introduce the lifestyle,
culture, tradition and history of the hill dwellers among the people living
in plain land, a PID handout said.
Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque will inaugurate the fair as the
chief guest at 3 pm tomorrow while Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Minister
Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing will be present.
A total 93 stalls of local and international organisations will be set
up in the four-day fair.
The Parbotto Mela will remain open for all from 10 am to 10 pm every
day. Artistes of the CHT region will perform at cultural functions to be
arranged in the fair from 6 pm to 10 pm every day.
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