Ganga-Jamuna Sangskritik Utsab Parshad arranged the ‘Ganga-Jamuna Cultural Festival’ in association with Bangladesh Cultural Affairs Ministry, India-Bangladesh Foundation, BSA and Mercantile Bank Limited.
The closing ceremony of the festival will be held at 5.30 pm at the main drama centre auditorium of BSA. Earlier, eminent theatre personalities Mamunur Rashid of Bangladesh and Bivas Chakraborty of India jointly inaugurated the 11-day theatre festival.
The festival witnessed staging of 30 plays – 26 plays from Bangladesh and four from India – at 7pm each day at National Theatre Hall, Experimental Theatre Hall and Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy simultaneously – three plays a day.
Besides, 63 troupes presented the street plays, music performance, recitation and dance performance at the festival on the open stage at the festival venue every day from 4.30pm to 6.30pm.
A total of 2500 artistes took part this year’s festival to perform in different programmes.
Indian dance troupe ‘Dancers’ Guild’ staged dance-drama ‘Tomari Matir Kanya’ based on Rabindranath Tagore’s play on the opening day. It was choreographed by Manjusri Chaki Sircar and directed by Jonaki Sarkar.
Indian and Bangladeshi Committees of Ganga-Jamuna Sangskritik Utsab Parshad have been organising the festival for six years aiming at consolidating the harmony between Bangladesh and India through cultural exchange.