Janakpurdham Art, Literature and Int'l Drama Festival kicks off

Dhanusha, Feb 17: The Janakpurdham Art, Literature and International Drama Festival organised by Maithili Development Trust began from today.

The four-day festival was formally inaugurated along with a cultural procession at Rangabhumi ground. 

The cultural procession taken from Rangabhumi ground concluded by going through different places. There was remarkable presence of artists on Maithili costumes, representatives of local community, students and general people.  

Trust Chairperson Jibnath Chaudhary shared that the festival aims to promote multi-faceted cultural heritages of Janakpurdham in national and international levels. 

"We have made efforts to strengthen our original identity by presenting cultural reflections of different ethnicities and   communities," he added.

Various events like literary seminar, poetry recitation, book release, painting exhibition, drama presentation and interaction would be organised during the festival. 

Artists, litterateurs and artists from local level to national as well as international levels would participate in the festival, according to the organizer.  

 Nepali Congress leader Bimalendra Nidhi had participated in the cultural procession and lauded the role played by the Trust in promotion of Maithili language, literature and culture.

Wishing for the success of the festival, Nidhi expressed the belief that such programme would strengthen cultural unity and social harmony.

The organizer has organised the festival in its building this year. The festival was organised with an objective of presenting Janakpurdham's cultural heritages, religious importance and historical background before the world through the medium of literature and drama.  (RSS)