First Sylhet-Silchar pageant celebrating cultural ties between India, Bangladesh to start on Dec 2
3 min readBy Express News Service
GUWAHATI: The first Sylhet-Silchar Festival, organised to have a good time the cultural ties between the 2 areas, will get underway in Assam’s Barak Valley on Friday night.
The pageant coincides with the seventy fifth 12 months of India’s independence and the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of Bangladesh from Pakistan.
Amongst the a number of commonalities between India and Bangladesh, hyperlinks between Silchar and Sylhet stand out. In an try and have a good time the age-old and people-to-people connection, the India Foundation is internet hosting the pageant.
“With the aim of revisiting the common values and shared heritage of the twin cities and their people separated by international borders, the festival will showcase tribal culture, cuisine, arts, crafts and local produce, entertainment and bring together eminent people from both sides to discuss and deliberate on issues of mutual growth and opportunity,” the organisers mentioned in an announcement.
In addition, the pageant will present a platform to discover multi-disciplinary commerce alternatives in sectors resembling healthcare, tourism, training and digital infrastructure.
With the help of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Assam authorities and in affiliation with the Bangladesh India Friendship Society and India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the pageant will mark step one in direction of creating potential alternatives for all concerned.
It might be addressed by personalities together with Mizoram Governor Dr Kambhampati Hari Babu, Union Minister for Culture, Tourism & Development of North Eastern Region G Kishan Reddy, Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, India’s Minister of State for External Affairs and Education Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh and Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Md Mustafizur Rahman.
The delegation from Bangladesh is led by Momen and it includes Members of Parliament, representatives of commerce organisations, political and social leaders, teachers, artists and practitioners.
GUWAHATI: The first Sylhet-Silchar Festival, organised to have a good time the cultural ties between the 2 areas, will get underway in Assam’s Barak Valley on Friday night.
The pageant coincides with the seventy fifth 12 months of India’s independence and the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of Bangladesh from Pakistan.
Amongst the a number of commonalities between India and Bangladesh, hyperlinks between Silchar and Sylhet stand out. In an try and have a good time the age-old and people-to-people connection, the India Foundation is internet hosting the pageant.
“With the aim of revisiting the common values and shared heritage of the twin cities and their people separated by international borders, the festival will showcase tribal culture, cuisine, arts, crafts and local produce, entertainment and bring together eminent people from both sides to discuss and deliberate on issues of mutual growth and opportunity,” the organisers mentioned in an announcement.
In addition, the pageant will present a platform to discover multi-disciplinary commerce alternatives in sectors resembling healthcare, tourism, training and digital infrastructure.
With the help of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, Assam authorities and in affiliation with the Bangladesh India Friendship Society and India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the pageant will mark step one in direction of creating potential alternatives for all concerned.
It might be addressed by personalities together with Mizoram Governor Dr Kambhampati Hari Babu, Union Minister for Culture, Tourism & Development of North Eastern Region G Kishan Reddy, Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, India’s Minister of State for External Affairs and Education Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh and Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Md Mustafizur Rahman.
The delegation from Bangladesh is led by Momen and it includes Members of Parliament, representatives of commerce organisations, political and social leaders, teachers, artists and practitioners.
