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ITANAGAR: The Arunachal Pradesh government has decided to organise an indigenous folk music festival in February this year to promote such songs and culture, a minister said. Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein convened a meeting with senior officers of various departments on Friday to make arrangements for the programme. Arunachal Pradesh, being a multi-tribe state, is very rich in folk songs, music, and dances. However, the resonance of folk music and such performances is diminishing owing to the adoption of modern culture into our everyday lives, the deputy chief minister said.
The decision to organize the festival has been taken to revive the essence of the state’s indigenous culture and to promote the state’s tribal folk songs, music, and dances, Mein said. The deputy chief minister pointed out that there is a need to showcase Arunachal Pradesh’s folk heritage to a larger audience outside the state in a bid to foster stronger connections with the culture, language, music, and dances of the other states of India under the broader vision of ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’. The state government would also host another important event called Bharat Lok Sangeet Arunachal Utsav 2024' wherein cultural troupes on folk songs and dances from other northeastern states and some selected states from the Himalayan region and South India would be invited. The event is scheduled to take place in the later part of February this year. The meeting was attended by the principal secretary of finance, planning, and investment, Sharat Chauhan, secretary general administration, Sadhana Deori, tourism secretary Swapnil M. Naik, planning secretary R. K. Sharma, and other senior officers.
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