JU's Heem Utshab concludes
Bangla Five launches debut album at the festival
Winter is an exciting and festive time for the Jahangirnagar University (JU) community. To welcome the season, students of the campus arranged a three-day-long winter fest from Thursday titled, Heem Utshab, which captured the local culture for the fourth consecutive time, with the theme, Su ashay kete jaak, kuashar ghor.
Thousands of music lovers, including students, faculty members and visitors gathered in the Selim Al Deen Muktamancha at the campus to enjoy the festival. Many city dwellers arrived, battling the traffic of Dhaka.
The organisers dedicated the programme to the late musical icon, Ayub Bachchu.
The festival featured a beautiful photography exhibition, a wide variety of pithas, folk songs, different rural games, a Monipuri dance, poem recitals, musical performances, day-long painting and photography exhibitions, and several other activities.
As a part of the closing ceremony of the event, Bangladeshi funk rock band Bangla Five released their debut album, Confusion, at a concert held at the Selim al Deen Muktamancha.
Renowned rock musician Maqsoodul Haque from the popular rock-fusion band Maqsood O' Dhaka graced the stage to endorse the band. The album includes four songs, which are Baba Mayer Pocket, Confusion, Mone Koro and Sondhanamay Rakhi.
Indie musician Sina Hasan formed Bangla Five around two years ago. He is the vocalist, guitarist and harmonica player of the band while Ahnaf khan Anik is the lead guitarist, Mehedi Hasan plays the drums and Rafin Mahmub plays the bass.
Besides regular stage performances in Bangladesh, Bangla Five also made appearances at concerts in India and Nepal. They will also feature in the album promotional concert at Jadavpur University in India in February.
Maliha Mustofa Suchana, one of the organisers of the festival, told The Daily Star said that the fourth edition of the festival under the banner, Poromporay Amra, was to emphasise on our local art and culture. Swagotam Neel, one of the organisers, said that this festival was a unique platform, where all walks of people thronged.