 Darjeeling,
Jan 6: A month-long Rangeet-Teesta Tourism Carnival Festival
is to be hosted by the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC), starting
from January 12, 2006.
The GNLF supremo, Subhash Ghising believes that the festival will
help people to take advantage of the Teesta just as the residents
of Varanasi benefited from the Ganga. The idea is to attract tourists
to the hill-station using the Teesta as USP.
The confluence of the Teesta and Rangit – locally known as
doban – is being prepared for the festival. It is 28 km away
from Darjeeling.
The DGHC will organise the festival for five days while the local
people intends to extend the celebration till the end of the month.
`It will be staged to highlight our tradition and culture.
For this purpose we have invited a 15-member cultural troupe from
Nepal to perform in the festival`, stated Bhanu Lama, a former
councilor from Peshok, who is also the coordinator of the festival.
A cultural team from the DGHC`s information department and
several troupes representing the various hill communities will also
perform at the venue. The venue is planned to be developed as a
tourist spot later with resorts and other infrastructure.
The construction of the podium has been completed and a makeshift
market area where traditional food, liquor and handicrafts will
be sold has also been set up.
The DGHC has planned to bring around 20 rafts to host a white river
rafting competition, which is probably, the biggest attraction of
the event.
The GNLF supremo has announced that the chief minister, Buddhadeb
Bhattacharya, has also been invited for the festival. |
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