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Barak Festival to showcase Northeast’s cultural richness

The Barak Festival will be held at Silchar, Cachar, Assam from January 10 till 12 on the theme ‘NE India Adventure Sports, Art and Culture Promotion'.

ByIFP Bureau

Updated 28 Oct 2024, 6:07 am

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The Knowledge Resource Centre Foundation (KRC Foundation) in collaboration with the Barak-Manipur Friendship Association (BMFA) is all set to organise ‘Barak Festival’ at Silchar, Cachar, Assam from January 10 till 12.

The festival will be held on the theme ‘NE India Adventure Sports, Art and Culture Promotion’, stated a release on Sunday. The festival will showcase the bonhomie of the cultural richness of North East India, it stated.

Besides the cultural integration and programmes by various indigenous groups of the Northeast, one of the attractions of the programmes will be the ‘Adventure Sports’, which will be led by a team of experts from Manipur, it stated.

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It mentioned that Ng Pobitro Singh from Manipur is the project director of Adventure Sports and Disaster Response Force and is leading the adventure sports movement. It highlighted the importance of ‘adventure sports’, stating that it is a very useful activity for children and youth to learn survival techniques and is designed to face various challenges including climate disasters.

It added that efforts are underway to build a ‘Disaster Response Force’ across NE India in order to face the upcoming challenges through skilled voluntarism and create awareness about climate change.

It stated that another attraction in the Festival will be the ‘E Games’, which will see participants from across the country as well as NE. The E-Game movement is led by David Keneingutuo Sorunuo from Nagaland who is the Project Director of E-Sports, it noted.

It pointed out that ‘E-Sport tournaments have become a significant aspect of the gaming industry, offering a unique blend of competition, entertainment, and community engagement, adding that Industry developments indicate a vibrant and dynamic future for e-sports, with numerous opportunities for players and fans alike.

It further mentioned that the festival is divided into three parts comprising an exhibition, participation and competition on art and culture; and adventure sports /E-Sports from NE states. Certificates, mementoes, medals and cash prizes will be awarded in various categories, it added.

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It also briefed the five campaigns initiated by KRC Foundation namely, Study on Significance of Barak River- ‘River Dialogue Conclave’; Water Conservation and Save River Campaign; Let’s Give Campaign: Book Bank and 3R: Reduce |Reuse | Recycle; Connecting the unconnected (5E for Success); and Disaster Response Force, which will be the highlight of the festival.

It will also witness a footfall of school to University students from NE India states, youths, VIPs, with trade delegations from Manipur, Assam, Tripura, Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya and West Bengal expected to take part in the event as well as participants in Adventure Sports Competition and Cultural festival across NE India and West Bengal, it maintained.

An Online Global Competition on Rabindranath, Nazrul and Sukanta is also being planned that will go ‘online’ this Diwali/Kali Puja, it added. The Barak festival will also feature Film Festival open to nominations from across the globe, and Business events such as Policy Conclave: Barak Valley and Act East Policy; Barak River Conclave: Significance of River Barak; 5E for Success (School-to-Campus-to-Corporate); Buyer-Seller-Investor Meet, it stated.

Delegates from various parts of the country and abroad including Foreign Envoys in India and NRIs from Barak/Manipur/West Bengal are expected to attend the festival, the release stated.
 

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