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
