Curtains fall on two-day-long cultural exchange programme hosted by the Cultural Affairs Department of Bodoland Territorial Council

A Correspondent

TANGLA: In a bid to imbibe the essence of brotherhood and promote integration and bridge the gap between the ethnic communities of the State, a two-day long cultural exchange programme hosted by the Cultural Affairs Department of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) concluded here in Lokpriya Bordoloi Smriti Bhavan, Tangla on Wednesday.

In the first day’s session, Cultural Development Officer, Udalguri, Juganta Bayan, while inaugurating the session, said that the BTC authorities had been looking for extending every possible help to the budding artistes of the region so that they could hone their skills and establish themselves in the world platform. He praised the colourful cultural integration of various communities of BTC and hoped that such efforts would go a long way in unifying the people into a single entity. Artiste Gyanendra Chaliha, while delivering his speech as chief guest, lauded the efforts of the BTC authorities for taking initiatives for exchange of culture of various ethnic communities through such event. He resented that the young generation was swaying away from their roots and origin. Various cultural troupes of Garo, Bodo, Rabha, Deuri, Mising and Santhal communities presented colourful cultural programmes.

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