Kohima, Nov 11 : The North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC) has organized the North East Octave Festival 2010 in three cities of the country for a fortnight from November 18 with the participation of over 400 artistes from all the eight North Eastern States.
Official sources here today said that the 'Curtain Raiser' of the NE Octave Festival would be inaugurated by Director of NEZCC Anand Shukla at the NEZCC Complex at Dimapur tomorrow with a large number of artistes from the region.
The North East Octave Festival would be held from November 18 to December 5 in Aurangabad, Hyderabad and Bangalore.
The festival has been organized with an aim to bring the culture of the entire NE region to the attention of those outside.
North East Octave Festival started exhibiting a variety of artistic flavours, showcasing the rich tapestry of art, crafts, music, food and costumes to bridge the gap among the artistes and artisans in this part of of the country.
The festival is specially designed to introduce the cultural heritage of all the eight states of the region with Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura to other parts of the country, hence the festival christened as the NE Octave (eight) Festival.
The first Octave was held from March 8 to 14, 2006 at Delhi which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.
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