Sylhet-Silchar festival from December 2 at Police Parade Ground

SILCHAR: Silchar Sylhet Festival 2022 is going to take place at Police Parade Ground on 2nd & 3rd December 2022.

The festival is jointly organized by the India Foundation and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Government of India. This is not just a cultural event but rather around 100 dignitaries from Bangladesh will come to Silchar.

There has been a long historical relationship between Sylhet and Silchar. This will be a unique opportunity for the people of this area to go back in time and immerse in nostalgia. Through this festival, Silchar and Sylhet shall get the opportunity to continue business interaction, cultural interaction and historical interaction.

Speaking about the programme during the press briefing, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "This will be a large-scale programme and India Foundation has come forward to make it a grand success. I will be in Gujarat and not be able to come to Silchar for the festival, but my ministers will be here. But I believe that this is a very unique occasion and the civil society of Silchar should lend all the support."

A theme song for the Silchar- Sylhet Festival 2022 has been composed, the audio for which was released by Silchar MP Dr Rajdeep Roy on 17 November 2022. On Tuesday, the audio-visual format of the theme song was also released. Commenting on this, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa said, "A theme song has been prepared for the entire dialogue. Jashobanta Das, Hrishikesh Chakraborty and Kamalesh Bhattacharjee made this theme song," a press release issued from the Regional Office of Information & Public Relations Barak valley Zone Silchar Assam said.

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