Cultural competition and fair for ethnic communities
A daylong cultural competition, including traditional dances of the ethnic communities of Dinajpur, was organised at the remote Abdulpur village of Chirirbandar upazila, under Dinajpur district, recently. The venue was BAILC Development Foundation Complex and the organiser was Upazila Adivasi Foundation of Chirirbandar, assisted by BAILC Development Foundation.
Eight stalls at the fair highlighted traditional musical instruments, hunting equipment, foods and household goods.
Rezaul Karim Officer-in-Charge of Chirirbandar upazila of Dinajpur, inaugurated the competition as chief guest. Nirmal Soren, director of the BAILC Development Foundation, chaired the discussion.
Ranjit Kumar Roy, programme-coordinator of the Foundation; Joseph Soren, field officer of KARITAS' Chirirbandar unit; Md. Liakat Ali, UP Chairman of Amarpur and Md. Delwar Hossain Badshah were present at the inaugural discussion.
The speakers said that the traditional culture and lifestyle of the ethnic communities are in danger of being lost forever due to the lack of attention.
Twelve teams from 12 unions of Chrirbandar upazila participated in the competition.
Group dance performances enthralled the gathered persons across the upazila.
After the competitions, the chief guest and other dignitaries distributed prizes among the winners.
Comments