Silchar, Oct 25 : Brisk preparations are underway to hold the first ever International Jatinga Festival 2010 at Jatinga from October 27-29.
Assam governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik is expected to grace the event as the chief guest. A host of dignitaries, delegates and guests from different parts of the state and the country have confirmed their participation in this event.
The guest list includes tour operators from Maharashtra, travel writers from various parts of the world and a group of erudite speakers for the seminar.
A number of programmes have been chalked out to highlight the Dima Hasao district as a potential tourist destination. Eco-tourism like trekking to the Hempeopet Peak, visits to different community villages and tourist spots, exhibition-cum-sale of crafts and cuisine would be some of the highlights of the festival.
There would be a Seminar on 'Promotion of Tourism in the Dima Hasao District: Problems and Prospects'. Noted naturalist Anwaruddin Choudhury would present the keynote address and act as moderator in the seminar.
Moreover, on-the-spot drawing competition for children and quiz competition for students would be part of this event.
The star attraction of the closing night of the event on October 29 would be Lucky Ali, celebrity singer-composer-actor from Bollywood. Music bands like Native Rising from Dimapur, Street Stories from Shillong, Moon Wind from Guwahati, Rising Orchestra from Silchar and local bands like Maestro, Tormentor, Little Geeks and Freaks, and New Beginning have confirmed to participate in 'An Ode to Harmony: Musical Extravaganza Night' on October 28 and 29 at the Dima Hasao Sports Association playground.
Joyram Engleng, the chief executive member, Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council would be the chief guest at the closing ceremony on October 29.
Organizers said this festival is a humble effort towards spreading the message of communal harmony amongst the people of the area, sustaining peace and tranquility, emotional integration and removing the spell of despair from the mind-space of the people. And above all, the event would open up new vistas for tourism promotion.
Kulendra Daulagupu, secretary general of the reception committee, said, ''The Jatinga Festival 2010 is an attempt to regain the Paradise that was lost due to the various socio-political dynamics and insurgency movement in the Dima Hasao district of Assam.''
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