3-day long Adivasi festival begins Sunday in Dhaka

Dhaka, March 17 (BDNEWS) –A three-day- long 'Adivasi Festival' will begin on Sunday at the National Museum in the city. Arranged by Environment and Human Development (SEHD), the festival would be inaugurated by Kumudini Hajang, a famous woman leader in the historic Tanka Movement at 4 pm. Selina Hossain, State Minister for Cultural Affairs, will attend the function as chief gust while Chingku Roaza, a leading intellectual of hill tracts, Khushi Kabir, coordinator of Nijera Kori, and professor Mahmudul Haq, director general of the National Museum, are expected to be the special gusts. With the participation of a number of Adivasi artistes, traditional indigenous cultural programmes will be held at the festival which will remain open from 5 pm to 7:30 pm everyday. As part of the festival, a seven-day -long photo exhibition will also be held at city's Drik Gallery from Saturday. The exhibition would focus on the 'Arannya O Arannya Shangskriti' (Forest and Forest culture) and would remain open to all from 10 am to 8 pm. BDNEWS/17:14 Hrs.