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Festival

In celebration of poetry and humanity

17th National Poetry Festival 2003 is on the move

Rumman Uddin Ahamed
POETRY started the celebration of the language movement month, February along with Ekushey Book Fair. The inauguration ceremony of the 17th National Poetry Festival was held on February 2 at Dhaka University campus. The ceremony started paying respect to the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, artist Kamrul Hasan and towards the immortal souls of the great fighters of the language movement at Central Shaheed Minar. The programme continued with the national anthem followed by raising of national flag and songs of the language movement. Samudra Gupta paid rich tributes to the prominent poets who had past away. Golam Kibria Pinu read the announcement note. Then Faruque Mahmud, Rabiul Hussain, Muhammad Samad delivered their speeches. Prominent poet and dramatist Syed Shamsul Haque delivered the welcome speech. The ceremony was presided over by Belal Choudhury.
The first part of the evening session started with the recitals, with Sajjad Kadir proctoring the session. The second session was presided over by Khaleda Edib Choudhury. The poetry recital was then presided over by prominent drama personal Ramendu Mojumdar.
This year's festival emphasises the freedom of poetry and humanity. Poetry is immortal. It carries the gesture of life and its norms. The eternal progression of poetry continues with the growth of the humanitarian aspects of life. Poetry speaks about the dreams, the achievements, failures, happiness, miseries of the human lives. When the world is in chaos, poetry gleans the truth for humanity. It expresses the innermost emotional feeling of the heart through words and harmony of rhythm. As Shelly said poets are the spies of the Creator as they examine the creation and destruction of human values. In this world poetry makes
a person indulge in self examination.
The programme continued with a seminar on poet Jasimuddin, which was presided over by Asad Choudhury. An article was read by Rafiqul Islam. Shamsuzzaman Khan, Mohammed Rafique, Abul Ahsan Choudhury and Rofiqullah Khan participated in the discussion. This concluded the morning session of the first day of the festival.
As Jibonanondo Das said, not everyone can be a poet, the festival tries to seek out those who have the rare quality of putting thoughts into the mysticism or romanticism of poetry. Poetry reveals how much this earth is a reflection of paradise. The festival is not only the tool to distinguish the poets but also presents the growth of thoughts of the people who think for the betterment of the world. The festival is the arena to make the poets interact and exchange their views, which is now so much important for the development of the modern thoughts. The festival already reflects the international festive mood as the poets from abroad, for instance, India, Nepal, Australia, UK are also participat-
ing.
The festival will go on today as well. The morning session will follow with a seminar on Bangladesh's political poetry and social realities. The session will be presided over by prominent writer Kabir Choudhury. Hayat Mahmud will read an article on the topic. Shomorendro Sen Gupto, Mofidul Haque, Shomudro Gupto, and Aminur Rahman Sultan will discuss on the topic.
Another discussion ceremony will be held on post modernism and Bengali poetry. The session will be presided over by Borhanuddin Khan Jahangir. Khondoker Ashraf Hossion will read an article about it. Abul Momen, Robiul Hussian, Shihab Sirkerand Joydeb Basu will participate at the discussion.
The evening session will proceed on with poetry reading. The first part of the session will be presided over by Habibullah Sirazi. Prominent poet Nirmolendu Goon will proctor over the second part of the poetry reading session. The festival will conclude with a prize-giving ceremony followed by a musical performance. Kamal Lohany will preside over the concluding ceremony.