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Our Correspondent, Barisal

Week-long divisional drama festival named 'Grameen Phone-Shabdaboli Nataya Utsov-07' with the slogan of 'tune the victory-songs of life, began in Barisal Wednesday.

M. Hamid, Chairman of Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation, inaugurated the festival as chief guest of the inaugural ceremony at Aswani Kumar Hall of the city with hoisting of flags and holding colourful rally on city roads.

Inaugural ceremony of the festival was presided over by Syed Dulal, Shabdaboli President and BGF Presidium member, and among others, Faruk Hossain, Shabdaboli secretary and member secretary of the festival committee, Mamunur Rahman Khan and Kazi Farhad Ahmed, outgoing and newly joined regional in charge of Grameen, Kajaol Ghosh, Nazrul Islam Chunnu, S M Iqbal and others addressed the ceremony. '

Seven dramas would be staged by five teams of three districts of the division at 6-30 PM every night of the festival week.

On the first night, Shabdaboli staged drama 'Shilari', written by Golam Shafik and directed by Aminur Rahman Mukul.

Three dramas of Shabdaboli, one of Barisal Natok and one of Kheyali Group Theatre of Barisal city, one of Protik Nataya Gosthi of Ihalakati and one of Sagorpari Theatre of Barguna would be staged in the festival.

Closing ceremony of the festival would be held on November 6 with Khan Sayeed Hassan, Commissioner of Barisal Metropolitan Police as chief guest.

The programme was arranged under the project of patronising local and traditional culture and promoting healthy amusement activities by Grameen Phone.