Rabha Festival in Kakoijana Reserve Forest to promote tourism, rich culture

Our Correspondent

Bongaigaon: To promote the rich culture of the Rabha community, a Rabha Festival will be held in Ujan Rabhapara village of Bongaigaon on Sunday.

The festival will be organized by Stylo Event Management team. Tarali Upaddhaya, organizer of the festival, said that the festival would be held in Bongaigaon district for the first time. “Ujan Rabhapara village is located in the Kakoijana Reserve Forest. Most of the people of the village belong to the Rabha community. This area is full of natural beauty and is famous for Golden Langurs. We visited this area several times and found that it has much potential to attract tourists with its rich culture and natural beauty. Hence, to promote the rich culture and tourism potential, we have organized this event. So far we have got a good response from the people,” she said.

“To attract people to this festival there will be several stalls of traditional Rabha garments and ornaments. We will also organize traditional Rabha folk dance and sight-seeing. Ethnic food of Rabha community will also be there. Trekking, kite flying and fishing will also be there,” she said.

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