Nabanna Utsab begins on DU campus

Staff Correspondent: A two-day-long “Jatiya Nabanna Utsab” kicked off on Thursday at Bakultala of the Fine Arts Faculty of Dhaka University (DU).

Eminent Cultural personality Ramendra Majumder officially inaugurated the cultural programme in the morning.

Poets, painters, musicians, bauls and people from all walks of life have joined together on the DU campus to celebrate the festival.

Jatiya Nabanna Utsab Udjapan Parishad, the celebration committee of the festival, have chalked out different cultural activities including Folk songs, Lalon giti, Tagore song and dance to welcome the first day of Bengali month Agrahayan.

First part of the celebration was ended following a ‘Nabanya Shobhajatra' that started from Charukala around 9:30 am and paraded the entire campus.

President of Sommilito Sangskritik Jote, Golam Kuddus, organiser Laila Hasan and convener of the organising body Shahriar Salam, among others, attended the inauguration session.


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