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Two-day cultural festival ends in Gaibandha
GAIBANDHA, JULY 22, 2018 (BSS) – A two-day cultural festival ended in the
district yesterday with a call to create much awareness among the people
particularly young generation about country’s own culture.
At the initiative of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, District
administration has arranged the festival in cooperation with Zila Shilpakala
Academy (ZSA) with the slogan ‘Srizone Unnayane Bangladesh’.
On the second day, a good number of artistes of 20 cultural organizations
of the district rendered folk songs like palligeeti, vaoyaia, jari, sari,
murshidi, and baul at the auditorium of ZSA here to entertain the people,
said district cultural officer Alamgir Kabir.
The programme was followed by a concluding ceremony held around 9.30 pm
with additional deputy commissioner (General) Muhammad Mizanur Rahman in the
chair.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Gautam Chandra Pal attended the function and
addressed it as the chief guest and additional district magistrate ABM
Sadiqur Rahman was present at the event as the special guest.
Speaking on the occasion, DC Gautam Chandra Pal in his speeches
underscored the need for promoting the cultural activities to the people
particularly the youths to help keep them free from militancy, drug taking
and other social crimes side by side with building a culturally-developed
society.
The DC also thanked artistes, cultural personalities and media men
including the members of ZSA for showing their whole heated cordial
cooperation to make the cultural festival-2018 in the district a grand
success.
Later, DC Gautam Chandra Pal formally distributed the certificates jointly
signed by cultural affairs secretary and DC to the performers as the chief
guest.
Earlier, whip of the Jatiya Sangshad and local lawmaker Mahabub Ara Begum
Gini formally inaugurated the festival on Friday afternoon as the chief guest
through igniting a candle.
On the inaugural day, the artistes rendered Rabindra, Nazrul, modern and
patriotic songs, recited poems, and performed single acting side by side with
staging dramas, sources said.
BSS/CORR/MSY/0907 hrs