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Int'l Day of the World's Indigenous People celebrated in Dinajpur

Call to ensure rights, cultural heritage of indigenous people

KONGKON KARMAKER, Dinajpur
The two-daylong celebration of International Day of the World's Indigenous People ended in Dinajpur recently. The programme “included,roundtable discussion.
festive procession, mela (fair), an competition and recitation of prose and poems with the call of establishing social and economical nghts of indigenous people.
Veteran adivasi activist U Swe inaugurated the programme at Dinajpur Municipality Auditorium.
.After the inauguration, a discussion was held at the auditorium. Eminent cultural personality Kamal Lohani attended the programme as chief guest. Md. Shafiqul Haque. Mayor of Dinajpur Municipality and Bulbul Maholanbish. singer and a repre-Lsentative of UNDP were special ’ guests.
Dr. Md. Ruhul Amin, ViceChancellor of Haji Mohammad
Danesh Science and Technology University, chaired the discussion.
Zannat-e-Ferdousi, director (Advocacy), Research and Development Collective, delivered the welcome speech. Professor Ganesh Shoren and Biswanath Singh aTso spoke at the meeting:
Later, a colourful procession paraded different streets of Dinajpur town. Thousands including members of the indigenous communities from different districts including Dinajpur, Thakurgaon, Panchagarh. Joypurhat, Naogaon and Rajshahi joined and celebrated the programme.
Research and Development Collective (RDC) organised a roundtable discussion later that day at Dinajpur Press Club chaired by China Ghosh, president of the press club.
The discussants demanded a united movement to protect the cultures and languages of the indigenous people. They also called tor constitutional rights lor the welfare of adivasis.
Rakhi Mrong, secretary, Bangladesh Adivasi Adhikar Andolan, presented the keynote paper at the roundtable.
. The second day of die festival' included cultural programmes featuring artistes of indigenous communities including Manipuri, Santal and Orao. The programme was held at Dinajpur Municipality Auditorium.
The programme started with a traditional Bizhu dance of the indigenous communities of Chittagang Hill Tracks.
Bhajan, a 23-year-oId adivasi Lalan singer from Gaibandha rendered two songs. Students of Dinajpur Santal Academy rendered patriotic songs in Santal language.
Artistes from CHT ended the programme with Mahali and Thala dance.