Cultural scene warms up

A fortnight long workshop on poem recitation, music, dance and drama began on May 15 in Kurigram. The Kurigram district unit of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has organised the programme, with an objective to develop high calibre artistes.
Deputy Commissioner of Kurigram Mohammad Habibur Rahman inaugurated the programme on May 15.
The training covers a total of 145 students of different ages of local educational institutions under five trainers of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (Dhaka). The trainers are Shahadat Hossen Nipu on poem recitation, Dewar Haque on Nazrul music, Nilatpal Shaddha on Tagore songs, Shaju Ahmed on dance and Tanvir Ahmed Sydney on drama. Among the local trainers, Debabrata Bakshi Bubul, Shafiqul Alom Dudu and Ananta Kumar Roy are assisting in the programme on drama, dance and music.
General Secretary of Kurigram Shilpakala Academy Mohammad Rasheduzzaman Babu said, “After the completion of the programme we will have artistes for different disciplines in our academy. Our cultural scenario is likely to become vibrant and we hope to perform better in and out of the district.”