BSS-36 Shilpakala Academy draws elaborate programmes marking Bangabandhu’s birth centenary

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Shilpakala Academy draws elaborate programmes marking Bangabandhu’s birth
centenary

DHAKA, March 27, 2019 (BSS) – Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has chalked
out two year-long programmes marking the birth centenary of Father of the
Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to be observed next year.

“A programme titled ‘art move marking the birth centenary of Father of the
Nation Bangabandhu’ was launched in 2017. We submitted 22 programmes to the
Cultural Affairs Ministry in this regard. Fifteen programmes are now being
implemented,” Director General of Shilpakala Academy Liaquat Ali Lucky told
BSS.

The programmes will continue throughout 2020 while some programmes will
begin from January 2020 at district and upazila levels, he said.

The gala programmes include photo exhibition, staging dramas on
Bangabandhu, book reading, art camps, making dramas on Bangabandhu for
children, youths and adults, five short films on Bangabandhu and five
documentaries, two dance dramas and two Jatra Palas (traditional stage
drama), releasing album with pictures on Bangabandhu and constructing
sculpture of Bangabandhu.

The programmes also include making choreography on 100 poems and songs
written on Bangabandhu, publishing 10 research books, making 100 performance
arts, releasing several CDs and organizing ‘Bangabandhu Festival’ at 64
districts.

As per the programmes, Shilpakala Academy’s district offices are staging
64 dramas on Bangabandhu across the country. Five art camps on painting
Bangabandhu’s picture were organized and several exhibitions were held with
the pictures.

Book reading programme of reading more than 200 books on Bangabandhu has
been launched at district offices across the country.

The drama ‘Mujib Mane Mukti’ has been staged for more than 100 times.

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