The 15-day long 'Zainul Fair' featuring arts and handicrafts at the Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin Sangrashala ended recently.
The display included 125 paintings by 117 artistes of the greater Mymensingh region. Regular cultural programmes included baul songs, dance and drama. Display of almost extinct and in vogue musical instruments by Nawab and Co. seemed to pull in young music enthusiasts.
Greater Mymensingh Fine Arts Coordination Forum organised the fair with an intention to provide a platform to the artists hailing from the greater Mymensingh region.
Earlier a 13-member committee was formed with artistes Hossain Mohammed Faruq and Md. Farhad Hossain Tarafder, acting Principal of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin Fine Arts Institute, as Convenor and Joint-Convenor respectively.
Dr. M Shamsur Rahman, Vice-Chancellor of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University in Trishal inaugurated the fair.
The fair was also a reunion for noted artistes from the region. Biren Shome, Alokesh Ghosh, Rezaul Karim, Retendra Sharma, Debashish Pal, Sujon Dey, Kalam Akhand, Amirul Islam, Enamul Haque, Mofazzal Hossain and Shahjahan Ahmed Bikash attended the fair.