Kite festival to start from Thursday
ALI FAUZ HASSAN Jan 02, 2018 00:00 IST
 
A woman participates in the Kite festival. File picture
Guwahati: The five-day Jeevan Kite River Festival, organised by Jeevan 
Initiative, promises to be a grander affair this year.

Thousands of kites are already being prepared and a number of kites have been 
brought from various international kite festivals that will be flown during the 
festival here, which starts from Thursday on the bank of the Brahmaputra behind 
Sonaram Higher Secondary School playground.

The festival is a part of the Brahmaputra Campaign for clean riverbanks and a 
roundtable discussion on the potentials of the riverbanks will be held on the 
sidelines of the festival. The organisers are transforming a garbage dumping 
ground into an aesthetic riverbank to hold the festival.

Events and activities like adventure sports, joy rides on the river, 
traditional and modern cultural performances, ethnic food festivals and 
competitions for the youth have been planned. Photography and video 
competitions on the theme Brahmaputra riverbanks, dance based on the river or 
its tributaries, instrumental music, folk songs, acting and unplugged music 
competitions are also being organised. One of the oldest puppet theatres of 
Assam will perform regular shows on all days of the festival. People will float 
earthen lamps and release sky-lanterns to pay tribute to the river.

Assam Foundation of North America, which is supporting the Jeevan Initiative, 
will release its annual calendar, 2018, and a book by AFNA member Ankur Bora.

"We are releasing our annual calendar for 2018 at the festival that has evolved 
from being a six-hour programme to a five-day mega event. The proceeds from the 
sales will support our activities in the state. My book Pursuit of Excellence, 
based on 30 individuals, mostly Assamese people doing excellent work in 
different fields abroad, will be released during the festival," Bora said.

(The Telegraph,02.01.2018)

https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/north-east/kite-festival-to-start-from-thursday-197903


http://www.jeevanmagazine.com/


https://www.facebook.com/events/489175338121262/
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

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://lists.assamnet.org/listinfo.cgi/assam-assamnet.org

Reply via email to