Plans on for Winter Fest

This year the winter festival of Kalimpong will be organized in a bigger scale than that of the last year. Plans are on to continue the fest for eight days.

The organisers of the show of last year are now planning to promote the hill culture and heritage. The festival is going to be organized between the Christmas and New Year's Eve.Chief Coordinator of Kalimpong Winter Fest Mr. Sandip Jain explained that there were only 40 days in their hand when they arranged the show last year. But this year they have already started the work on Kalimpong Winter Fest which will start on 24th December. He also added that the surplus fund from last year will be utilized this year.Previous year there were only three corporate houses i.e, Maruti Udyog, P.C.Net and The Telegraph who sponsored the fest. But after seeing the success of the fest, a number of sponsors are now keen to support the show.
The list of the items which will be included in the show is quite long and attractive. There will be trekking, bungee jumping, cycling, food festival, rock climbing at Pedong, angling and rafting on Tista, dance competitions, photo exhibitions and flower shows. An ethnic march and picnic will also be organized in Rellie.This year the show will also be held in the neighboring spots like Lava, Loleygaon and Ryshap.

There is a lot of difference between last year's and this year's Festival in terms of the theme and the fund. This year the organisers have decided that they will not collect any fund from the local citizens. Instead the fund will be provided by the sponsors and the local Government Authorities. The theme of the fest will be the unique culture and heritage of Kalimpong. The organisers are hoping that the number of the tourists will increase with the help of this initiative as it happened last year.

When a group of youth held this show first time last year, they got the help of Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council, Kalimpong Municipality, WBFDC, the army and different NGOs.

Mr. Jain added that this year different educational institutions, Government Departments and Corporate Houses and Associations have come forward to make this festival a successful one.

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