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SAARC Festival Of Food And Fashion From Friday


By Mrs Gupta, Section Local Artists and Performances
Posted on Thu Nov 29, 2007 at 04:11:43 AM EST

South Asia's fusion music, fashion show and the region's gastronomical delights will be among the ingredients of the inaugural SAARC cultural festival, a 10-day cultural extravaganza that begins on Friday with the objective of giving an impetus to people-to-people connectivity.

Other components of the event includes SAARC folklore festival, car rally, photo exhibition and sales outlet of regional textiles and handicrafts.

The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) is the implementing agency for the festival in collaboration with the external affairs ministry and other partners.

Unveiling the event at a press conference, ICCR Director-General Pavan Kumar Verma said the first-ever SAARC cultural festival would give a cultural support to the 29th session of the inter-sessional SAARC council of ministers being held here on December 7-8.

As per Verma, the festival will commence with the SAARC bands festival on Friday in the Connaught place central park, where popular bands from the region like Strings and Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy will perform for three days. External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the bands festival, featuring groups from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal and Afghanistan.

The SAARC folklore festival, organised in Indira Gandhi Centre for the National Arts during December 5-8, will bring together 100 folk artistes from all SAARC countries. The performances, featuring best of folk arts in the region, will be spread over the city, specially on university campuses, schools and colleges, to acquaint young people with these traditions.

The SAARC food festival will be organised by Indian Tourism Development Corporation in the hotel Ashok during December 6-9 to bring out gastronomical delights of south Asian cuisine. Two chefs from each of the SAARC country will participate in the festival with gourmet preparations and delicacies for the occasion.

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Verma said SAARC fashion show "Threads of unity" would be organised in association with the Fashion Design Council of India. The event will demonstrate the use of traditional South Asian fabrics and crafts, such as knitting, weaving, embroidery and intricate hand detailing in certain garments that are contemporary in nature.

The fashion show will be inaugurated by tourism minister Ambika Soni and bring together for the first time 14 renowned designers from South Asia, including India's Ritu Kumar and Anamika Khanna and Pakistan's Saadia Mitza and Ather Hafiz.

The SAARC car rally photo exhibition will be organised on the ICCR premises to highlight the high degree of connectivity in the region and into focus the immense potential for intra-regional trade, tourism, investment, business opportunities and people-to-people contact.

The photo exhibition will display photographs of the participants of the rally from some of the neighbouring countries.

Verma said Handlooms Exports Corporation of India would organise a sales outlet for regional handicrafts and textiles products between December 7-10. Two weavers/artisans have been invited from each of the SAARC country for skill demonstration.

To bring out the rich traditions of textiles with the eight-member grouping, an exhibition on the museum of textiles and handicrafts, titled `Textiles traditions of South Asia', will be inaugurated by textiles minister Shankersinh Vaghela on December 7 at the crafts museum here. The exhibition will showcase 15-30 pieces from the major traditions of textiles of the South Asian countries.

The 14th SAARC summit had decided to strengthen cooperation and dialogue on educational matters through exchange of academics, experts, policy-makers, students and teachers.

Verma said 10 school students from each of the SAARC country, along with three teachers, are currently in India.  

Source: TRIBUNE, Dated, November-29-2007

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