Rabong Discovered, a popular tourism festival,
is set to herald a bumper tourist season in Sikkim.
The five-day festival will commence from 8 April at Rabongla
in South Sikkim. Initiated by Mr DD Bhutia, area MLA and chief
patron a few years ago, the festival is gradually growing
in size and popularity. Cultural harmony is the festival's
USP.
Organised by Rabongla Tourism Development Committee, visitors
to the festival can have a wide entertainment options ranging
from handicrafts, fashion and history according to their tastes.
The main theme of the festival is handicrafts and handloom
of North-eastern states that will be on exhibition and sale.
Katmandu Handicrafts Association of Nepal will also be showcasing
their products and traditional Newari cuisine during the festival.
The participants would also give demonstrations in the art
of making handicrafts, said the organisers.
"Such exposures would encourage the locals, besides promoting
handicrafts sector. Through demonstrations, the locals would
be able to learn the basis of handicrafts," the MLA,
Mr DD Bhutia, said. "We are also organising a flower
exhibition during the festival," he added.
Highlighting the need to hold the festival in April, Mr Bhutia
said April is usually a vacation period in the plains. "People
want to seek respite from the heat and we want to offer them
an ideal break," he said.
The finals of Swar Sikkim, a talent hunt to search the next
singing sensation of the state, will also be held on the first
day of the festival. Two popular singers ~ Prakash Ojha and
Prakash Poudyal ~ and folk singers from Nepal will be performing
live during the festival.
For those seeking their tryst with the heroes of Sikkim, the
festival will also witness the exhibition of the greatest
sons of Sikkim ~ Victoria Cross awardee Ganju Lama and Everest
hero Sonam Gyatso.
Models from Kolkata will also be walking the ramp during the
festival. Apart from these attractions, visitors can enjoy
the rich legacy of Sikkimese cultural enormity and plurality
that its different indigenous communities encompass.
Courtesy: The Statesman |
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