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Bangladeshi cultural teams receive accolades abroad

Cultural Correspondent
TWO Bangladeshi cultural teams haw received accolades abroad, briefed the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) authority at a press confer ence. The press conference was held at the academy premises yesterday. Along with the BSA authorities, artistes from both the teams attended the conference.
A twelve-member team of cultural delegates led by the Director General of BSA. Quamrul Hassan, ndc, staged an outstanding performance at the 'Multicultural Festival 08' in Canberra, Australia. Thiditional Bangladeshi dance and music were highlighted at the competition held from February 12 to 15.
Apart from the dance director Anisul Islam Hero and dancer-
choreographer Ihmanna Rahman, eight other dancers in the troupe
are promising artistes. M. Maniruzzaman and Arup Kumar Shil were included in the team as musicians.
Team leader Quamrul Hassan informed, "The 'Multicultural Festival 08' is a competition amongst the nations, where performance is evaluated by the panel of jury - representing different countries. A houseful of audience in Canberra was amazed by our performance. In terms of turnout, one of the categories of evaluation, we came first. The evaluation of the performance has not yet been officially announced, but the Australian press and TV channels gave us wonderful coverage. They interviewed us. Coming back to Bangladesh last night, 1 saw TVS airing the Bangladeshi performance. We
hope we win in terms of performance. Last year our team stood first in this category."
But the team leader also mentioned that the Bangladeshi team had to face a lot of issues during the competition. He said, "We were allotted accommodation some 30 miles away from the venue and no transportation facility was pro vided. We stayed at the Bangladesh 1 louse of our embassy in Canberra. Moreover, we did not get the required technical support from the organisers. Despite all odds our team gave a wonderful perfor mance,” he added.
Another 20 member team that included some of the leading artistes of the country went to Oman, in response to an invitation from the Kingdom's Ministry of Tourism. This was the first Oman tour by a Bangladeshi cultural team. The team was lead by Ashrafu! Mosaddeq, secretary, BSA.
The delegates of Bangladesh performed at a spectacular cultural show at the Al Falaj Castle Theatre on February 10 and the City Amphi• theatre of Muscat on February 12.
Noted dance artistes Shamim Ara Nipa and Shibli Mohammed and their dance ensemble Nrityanchal performed classical and folk dances at the programmes. The joint performance by the Lalon exponent Farida Parveen and flute-player Gazi Abdul Hakim was highly appreciated by the audience that included top-level government officials, foreign delegates, expatriate Bangladeshis and eminent citizens of Oman.
Popular daily newspapers of Oman like Ahvatan, Tribune featured the events.