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Sun, 06/29/2008 - 05:10
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Three-day Bangla Festival kick off in New York
NEW YORK, June 28 (BSS)-A three-day "Bangla Festival and Book Fair" was inaugurated by noted poet Rafiq Azad at Mary Louis Academy here last night.
A Bengali Heritage rally, participated by children and juvenile wearing traditional Bengali mask, was held on the occasion.
A number of local politicians like New York State Senator Frank Padaven, City Councilman Heram Monsorat and Immigration Commissioner of Mayor office Guillermo Linaress also took part in the rally.
Poet Rafiq Azad, Sunil Gangopadhay, Dilera Hafiz, Shahida Begum, Fazlul Alam and litterateurs attended the festival.
Samay Publication, Mowla Brothers' from Bangladesh and Shahityam publishers from Kolkata are participating in the book fair.
Art and Bengali hand writing competition of children, poetry
recitation and cultural function will also be held on the occasion.
Handcrafts, saries and Jamdani of Bangladesh are being displayed in the festival.
A Bengali Heritage rally, participated by children and juvenile wearing traditional Bengali mask, was held on the occasion.
A number of local politicians like New York State Senator Frank Padaven, City Councilman Heram Monsorat and Immigration Commissioner of Mayor office Guillermo Linaress also took part in the rally.
Poet Rafiq Azad, Sunil Gangopadhay, Dilera Hafiz, Shahida Begum, Fazlul Alam and litterateurs attended the festival.
Samay Publication, Mowla Brothers' from Bangladesh and Shahityam publishers from Kolkata are participating in the book fair.
Art and Bengali hand writing competition of children, poetry
recitation and cultural function will also be held on the occasion.
Handcrafts, saries and Jamdani of Bangladesh are being displayed in the festival.
