Jeevan Kite Festival (celebrating life, diversity, nature, culture) Please get the dates revised to 1, 2 & 3 March 2013. Friday: 3-10pm, Saturday-Sunday: 9am-10pm. With the extended schedule, it’s a 6 in 1 festival now! * Kite Festival: Open kite flying & contest by public, celebrities & record holders; Kite camp * Music Video, Animation & Short Film Festival (India’s first); with TV anchoring camp * Cultural Festival: Nonstop cultural performances by leading troupes, bands, artists * Arts & Crafts Festival; with handloom-handicrafts Exhibitions; Sand art; Art camp * Social Games Festival; with creative talent contests * Ethnic Food Festival
Let's get ready with kites, which are in this initiative a metaphor for our positive desire to explore and celebrate life, in tune with the rhythms of culture, diversity and beauties of nature, defying the smokes of hopelessness in conflicts, negativity and other devils. Place : Behind Sonaram Field, Guwahati, Brahmaputra Riverbank www.facebook.com/JeevanKiteFestival --- On Mon, 21/1/13, Buljit Buragohain <[email protected]> wrote: From: Buljit Buragohain <[email protected]> Subject: 2nd edition of Jeevan Kite Festival on Feb 24 (The Assam Tribune ,21.01.2013) To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Date: Monday, 21 January, 2013, 4:31 AM 2nd edition of Jeevan Kite Festival on Feb 24 STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI, Jan 20 – The second edition of Jeevan Kite Festival is going to be organized on February 24 at the Brahmaputra riverside in the city. Along with kite flying that is open to all, the festival will include cultural programmes, kite designing workshop, fun quiz, ethnic food, celebrity ramp show and traditional games. The added attraction this time will be a Jeevan Music Video, Animation & Short Film Festival alongside the kite festival. It needs to be mentioned here that last year the kite festival had evoked keen interest amongst the citizens of all age groups. Young people as well as adults had participated in the kite festival to revive childhood memories.Organized by the voluntary association Jeevan Initiative, this event will provide an opportunity to the new age film lovers and to the music buffs as well to indulge in their passions to their hearts content.“The festival is aimed at breaking the barriers of auditoriums by bringing new age audio-visual creations directly in front of the masses in an informal and intimate environment where just about anybody can participate as a creator or a spectator,” said Suresh Ranjan Goduka, Managing Trustee, Jeevan Initiative.Goduka further said that films need not necessarily be created by professionals or experts. “To be shown in makeshift arrangements and in the open air, the films made in any format and with whatever equipment one can lay hands on including mobile phones have been encouraged to join,” said Goduka. To be eligible for participation, the films should be within 10 minutes and produced not before three years from the first day of the current year. The entries should have certain desirable but not necessary options of themes like kite, desire to fly, good news and celebration of life, within any genre of fiction or non-fiction, exceptional and experimental, pushing formal boundaries. If not made in Assamese, Hindi or English, then it should have English subtitles. One filmmaker may send more than one film, and there is no joining fee. Those interested may mail their entry with details to: [email protected], or submit DVD after mailing details by January 25. The entries should include a maximum 300 character synopsis, 2-3 still photos from the film (optional), a brief on the filmmaker/ director, credit list including the name of writer/ lyricist/ singer/ composer/ cinematographer and others, awards received if any, year of production, running time etc. Best of each category shall be awarded. (The Assam Tribune ,21.01.2013) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ সমাজৰ কাৰণে ভাল কাম কৰাজনৰ পৰিচয় ৰাইজৰ আগত দাঙি ধৰিব লাগে আৰু ভাল খবৰবোৰ যিমান পাৰি ৰাইজৰ মাজত বিলাব লাগে। ---- বুলজিৎ বুঢ়াগোহাঁই _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
