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Rabindra Sangeet festival begins

24th annual conference of Rabindra Sangeet Shammilon Parishad

NOVERA DEEPITA
THE 24 th annual conference of the Rabindra Sangeet Shammilon Parishad (RSSP) began with a spectacular dance piece choreographed by Sharmila Bandyopadhyay and performed by the students of Nrityanandan with tit c song Aguncr parashmoni at the Central PublicLibrary yesterday.
The biggest festival of Rabindra Sangeet, the regular programme is organised in Dhaka and another city of the country every alternate
year. Over 300 artistes arc taking part in different performances in this year’s event.
Veteran cultural personality Sardar Fazlul Karim inaugurated the programme by lighting a traditional pradeep (clay lamp), a symbol of blessings and goodness. Followed by the group song Shantrasher bihobalata by the members of the RSSP metropolitan committee, the organisation's founder member and chairman of the programme Wahidul Haque spoke on the present socio-cultural
scenario of the country.
The second session of the programme was the final round of the National Rabindra Sangeet Competition 1411 for the youth. About 200 children from all over the country took pan in the primary round held last Friday. Forty competitors, selected for the final round, performed in yesterday's show. Eminent artistes and Tagore exponents will finally name the winners based on the style of singing, presentation, selection of song and appearance of the competitors.
According to renowned choreographer Sharmila Bandyopadhyay, "The main objective of the competition is to find Rabindra Sangeet singers from all over die country, who meet the criteria of an artiste."
Formed in 1980 by progressive cultural personalities Wahidul Haque, Abul Women, Sanjida Khatun and others, RSSP organised differentRabindra Sangeet institutions across the country in the followingyear.The competition has been organised since 1981. According to Sharmila. "This organisation belongs to all the artistes, the people who love Rabindranath Tagore and those who arc dedicated to establishing the proper practice and promotion of Thgorc songs. This competition paved the way for many a talented singer's career."
A seminar on the topic "The freedom of human being, the freedom of the country", was also held as part of the three-day festival. Abul Women presented the keynote paper, and Sultana Kamal, Jatin Sarkar, Dr. Sarwar Ali, Ataur Rahman and Shantanu Kaiser discussed the subject. In the evening session, tilled Rabirashmi, Tagore exponent and Rabindra Sangeet artiste Sanjida Khatun and theatre activist Nasiruddin Yusuff discussed Thgorc's life and work. The programme ended with a musical soiree, recitation and dance performances.
The final round of the general section of National Rabindra Sangeet Competition 1411 will be held at 9:30am today followed by the cultural programme at the same venue.
(L-R) Mahmud Haque Shamim, Rabeya Khatun, Monl Haydar and Nusrat Diana at the programme