Artistes are performing on the inaugural day of a month-long festival on Tuesday organized by Bangladesh Folk Arts and Crafts Foundation in Sonargaon. -Liton Sarkar Badol
A month-long festival of folk tradition has begun on Tuesday at Bangladesh Folk Arts and Crafts Foundation in Sonargaon. The festival has been introduced to protect the tradition, culture of this land. State Minister for Cultural Affairs K M Khaled MP inaugurated the festival as the chief guest on Tuesday. State Minister K M Khaled MP said, there are millions of talents around the countryside. This festival is organized to create scopes for those talented artists to flourish and reveal their talents.
State Minister K M Khaled MP said also, 'I will request to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for a special budget to make Sonargaon as a Tourist City which was dreamt by the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman long ago. There will be a bridge between this village and town. This Sonargaon will be developed again.'
Artifects made of brass, copper, silver and kasa along with Zamdani Sharee will be displayed in the month long festival. Youths will get their suited goods, children will find the best goods for them in different stalls set up in the festival.
Bangladesh Folk Arts and Crafts Foundation's director Poet Rabindra Gope presided over the festival inaugural program. Secretary for Cultural Affairs Ministry Rabbi Miah, Sonargaon Upazila AL Acting General Secretary Mahfuzur Rahman Kalam, Cultural Teacher of Bangladesh Folk Arts and Crafts Foundation Mofizurl Islam Mukul among others were present.
State Minister for Cultural Affairs K M Khaled MP visited the stalls set up in the festival and enjoyed a cultural program. Poverty is forcing many artistes, musicians, craftsmen and others in Bangladesh to give up long-practised art forms like jatra, jari gaan, putul nach and other special skills that they had learnt from their ancestors to entertain people. Many of these artistes and artisans do not even want that their children to follow them taking up performing art or crafts as their professions.This festival of folk arts and festival will ensure the artisans solvent life and their art works.
---Liton Sarkar Badol from Sonargaon
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