Himalaya International Festival 2013
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Himalaya International Festival 2013
The 3rd Himalaya
International festival was organised from 6-10 August, 2013 at Gantok,
Sikkim, India. The festival has organised by Himalayan Heritage Research and
Development Society (HHRDS), Bhurung Busty, East Sikkim in collaboration with
Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Sikkim University, Gangtok and Ministry
of Culture, Government of India. The festival was organised at the aim to
showcasing the Himalayan culture and also to provide a platform for culture
dialogues to establish harmony and fraternity among the Himalayan state and
countries as well. The following programmes have presented-
1.
Exhibition: Focused on
the traditions of Himalayan ethnic art and artefacts. Venu: Department of
Music, Sikkim University, Date: 6-8 August 2013.
2.
Cultural Programmes:
Presentation of Music, Dance and Traditional Fashion Show. Venu: Sikkim
Government College Auditorium, Tadong, Gangtok, Date: 8 August 2013, From 11 AM
to 8:30 PM.
3.
Sminaar:
Topic of the seminar- The cultural tradition and indigenous knowledge of
Himalayan ethnic group.Venu: Sikkim University Conference Hall, Sikkim.
Date: 9-10 August 2013.
From left Shri V. N. Rai, Prof. T.B. Subba, Shri Bhim
Prasad Dhungel
Shri Shankar Dev Dhakaal
About 165 Masks, 68 Musical Instruments and 285 Artefacts were exhibited in
the exhibition. The exhibition was inaugurated by Lepcha Maestro Padmashree
Sonam Tshering Lepcha and Padmashree Hildamit Lepcha. About 535 artist from Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet and Himalayan states of the
country have participated Sikkim performed their colourful dances and Music. The cultural programme was inaugurated by Shri Bhim
Prasad Dhungel Honourable Minister for tourism, Govt. of Sikkim and Prof. T.B.
Subba was the guest of honour on the occasion.
Eminent hindi litterateur Shri Vibhuti Narayan Rai (Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi
Vishvavidyalya,Wardha) and Nepali novelist Shri Shankar Dev Dhakaal were conferred
‘Himalay Srijan Samman’ 2013 for their contribution in field of literature.
An
International conference on preservation of Himalayan culture and tradition was
also organized at the conference Hall of Sikkim University on 9th
and 10th August, 2013. The seminar was chaired by Dr Om
Prakash Bharati festival director and Professor at Mahatma Gandhi International
Hindi University,Wardha. Mr. Jayant Barman, Ms. Samidha Bedvala, Dr K Indira Madhav
Taaamule, Ridhima Sundas, Mr BL Khamdhok
Dr Anuja Supriya, Dr Mahendra Kumar, Samir Mitra Kumar Gaurav, Dharma
Prakash Manto, Ravindra Kumar Munde and Susma Pandey were present their
research papers.
The festival was designed by Dr. Omprakash
Bharti. The festival receives grand success and appreciation in the region.Sunday, January 27, 2013
Celebrating 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore
2-day long Rabindra Lok Utsav concludes
11 Jun,Singtam: Celebrating 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore a two-day festival of folk performing arts has been organised at Nepali Dharmasala,Singtam.The festival has been organised by the Himalayan Heritage Research and Development Society, Sikkim with the support of North East Zone Cultural Centre (Ministry of culture, Govt. of India),Dimapur.Artists from Assam, Bengal and different parts of Sikkim has participated in the festival.
The festival has been inaugurated on 10th June 2012 by eminent Lepcha Music maestroPadmashree Sonam Tshering Lepcha and Prof. Om Prakash Bharti (Chairman, HHRDS), other dignitaries of the town Smt. Sumi Rai, and members from Singtam municipal Council Mr.Saran Pradhan.Mr. T.B Pradhan,Mr. Mohan Pradhan,Mrs. AnitaTamang,Mr. Pravin Pradhan were also present to grace the occasion. The first day programme began with the singing of Rabindra Sangeet by Ganga Mukhia and GeetaSharma. The eminent music exponent and Asstt. Prof. at Sikkim University Mr.Jayanta Barman presented Bhawaiya Song of North Bengal. The artists from Assam Kaluli Basumatari presented Rabha folk dance and Samiran Deka presented Bihu Dance.Sri NarenRoy and Smt. Sumitra Roy presented DoitaraGaan of North Bengal.BawulGaan was presented by Siddheswar Roy and Kushan Gaan was presented by Bijoy Roy.A lovely dance drama had been presented by the disciples of Sumi Rai based on Rabindra Sangeet.The troupled by Laxmi Gurgai from Bhurung Buaty presented Sangini and popular opal gainey presented Gainey Geet.
The festival was followed by the Seminar in next day.Dr. Mahendra Kumar from Patna,Mr. SameerMitra from Kolkata, Dr. Anuja Supriya from Delhi, Mr. Sameeran Deka fromGuwahati, Dr. Sunil Kumar Suman from Wardha had presented their papers on the association of Rabindra Nath Tagore with folk arts. The seminar was chaired byProf. Om Prakash Bharti.The programme was compared by Miss Neeti Rai.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
'Himalaya International Festival’ -2012
Himalay International Festival-2012
Himalayan International Festival 2012 has started at Bhurung busty East Sikkim
6:42 pm 
Chewang Yonzon 
19thMARCH12
A 3 day Himalayan International Festival has been inaugurated by eminent Lepcha maestro PadmashreeSonamTsheringLepcha.
Himalayan Heritage Research Development Society (HHRDS) is a Sikkim based national NGO registered under Society Registration Act 1860. The Society is dedicated to work of promotion and preservation of performing arts and heritage of Himalayas region since ten years. The HHRDS has its own campus and land at Bhurung Busty, East Sikkim in eastern Himalayas. The HHRDS has collected more than 200 masks, 150 musical instruments, rare manuscripts and other artefacts from Himalayas region and also planned to set up a museum of cultural heritage and artefacts of Himalayas region.
The festival exploring to make harmony and unity through cultural voice and with this aim in view aninternational level festival – ‘Himalaya InternationalFestival’ has been planned to organise as an annual event.
The designer of the festival Dr. O.P Bharti told at inaugural function that the event has planned for the showcasing of Himalayan culture and provide platform to make cultural dialogues to make harmony and fraternity among the Himalayan states as well as countries. The festival has been divided into National and International segments. From India the artists of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and North Bengal & Sikkim have been invited. For the International segments the scholars & artists from Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar have planned to invite. The performance will be followed by the Seminar on 19th march .
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