The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

The three-day long 27th Jatiya Rabindra Sangeet Sammilan started at the Joypurhat stadium yesterday.

The event set a lively affair with participation of hundreds of renowned cultural personalities. Prof Zillur Rahman Siddiqui, Vice Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University and President of Jatiya Rabindra Sangeet Sammilan, inaugurated the convention as chief guest.

Cultural activists, educationists, economists and journalists from across the country are participating in the festival. Their accommodation and meals had been arranged. Some 20,000 viewers from all corners of the country joined the programme, according to the organisers.

Our Joypurhat Correspondent said the convention venue, local stadium, had assumed a festive look on the occasion. This major convention cheered all parts of the district. The local unit of Rabindra Sangeet Sammilan Parishad organised the programme, while 37 sub-committees had also been formed for the celebration. Md Abdul Mannan, a former designer of Bangladesh Television (BTV), led the designing team, which had decorated the stage for the last 10 days.

Apart from Rabindra Sangeet, the three-day programme also featured Nazrul Sangeet, songs of Rajanikant, DL Roy and Atul Prasad, Lalon Geeti, folk songs and recitation, said the organisers.

Rabindra Sangeet expert Dr Sanjida Khatun, prominent Tagore artiste Fahmida Khatun, Dr Sarwar Ali, cultural activist Aly Zaker and Asaduzzaman Nur are expected to attend the convention.