National Folk Music Festival begins Friday, will participate

Chittagong: The three-day long National Mass Music Festival is starting from Friday (April 26) at District Shilpakala Academy with the slogan ‘Wake up Bangladesh against communalism and class discrimination’.

On Thursday (April 25) at the S Rahman Hall of the Chittagong Press Club, the press conference organized on the occasion of the festival was presented.

In the press conference, the convener of the 4th National Mass Music Festival celebration committee and the president of the Samilit Sanskultur Jot, writer and researcher Golam Kudduch said that the National Mass Music Festival has been organized in Dhaka three times before. If everything is done in other parts of the country instead of Dhaka, all the people can be reached.

This is the first national folk music festival being organized outside Dhaka. That’s why we chose Chittagong. 135 artists will perform the national anthem and the inaugural mass song in the inaugural phase. As long as there is class discrimination, as long as the rights of all people are not established, there will be a need for mass music. Under the leadership of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, we made Bangladesh independent in exchange for the blood of 3 million martyrs. It was said that people of all classes, professions, races and religions will live with equal rights in a free country. There will be no discrimination of caste and religion. There will be no class discrimination. For that purpose, four principles were adopted in the constitution of 72. After the assassination of the father of the nation in 1975, that journey stopped. Then we had and are going through many difficult paths. How possible is the implementation of Bengali, Bengali, Bengali culture and the ideals of the liberation war in the state where the rules and regulations have to be followed in the celebration of Bengali New Year? We have to stand against communal forces. Maybe no one has eaten today. The number of extreme poor may have decreased. But class discrimination is increasing. We must fight to reduce inequality and establish rights for all. Cultural workers stood up during various difficult times in the past including 52, 71. Our struggle continues today. We have to stand against the marauding classes and communal evil forces.

In a written speech at the press conference, Manzar Chowdhury Sweet, general secretary of the Bangladesh Mass Music Coordination Council, said that the fourth national mass music festival was organized for three days on April 26, 27 and 28 in the open area of ​​the Chittagong District Shilpakala Academy. Among the leading mass music groups of Bangladesh, 32 groups from all over the country and individual folk music masters will participate in the festival. Around 600 artistes from across the country will gather in the three-day festival.

Sociologist Professor Dr. will inaugurate the festival in the open area of ​​Chittagong District Shilpakala Academy on Friday, April 26 at 10 am. Anupam Sen. In the opening session, the convenor of Udjapin Parishad and the president of the collective cultural association, writer and researcher Golam Kudduch, the general secretary of the collective cultural association, reciter Ahkam Ullah, the joint convener of the cultural and celebration council, professor Dr. AQM Sirajul Islam, general secretary of the organization and chief coordinator of the festival Manzar Chowdhury Sweet, joint coordinator of the festival Milpi Shreysi Roy and cultural officer of Chittagong District Shilpakala Academy Moslem Uddin Shikder. Shilpi Kazi Mizanur Rahman, president of the organization, will preside.

On April 27 at 10 am in the Shilpakala Academy Auditorium, cultural personality Mamunur Rashid will present a speech on the main topic ‘Artist’s Civic Responsibilities, Life and Struggle’. Gholam Kudduch, president of Sammilit Sanskarti Jot and researcher Shamsul Haque, will participate in the discussion. Manjar Chowdhury Sweet, general secretary of Gana Sangeet Sahindhi Parishad, will deliver the opening speech. Kazi Mizanur Rahman, president of the organization will preside.

In the morning session of the festival on Friday, Lalon Saiji’s song will be performed by Udichi Chittagong artist group, Kazi Nazrul Islam’s Samyera song will be performed by Nazrul Sangeet Shilpi Sanstha Chittagong. After that, Dhaka artist Abida Rahman Setu will perform solo music.

On Friday afternoon, Khulna’s Bangladesh Folk Artists Association will perform anti-imperialist songs, Dinajpur’s band Bhairavi will perform Abdul Latif’s songs, Rajshahi’s team Jaybangla will perform country songs by Dwizendralal Roy-Rajinikant Sen and Atul Prasad, Barguna’s team Matial will perform anti-communal songs. Band of Noakhali will perform Biswabhuban, Fakir Alamgir’s song will be performed by Rishij Shilpi Group of Dhaka, Bhupen Hazarika’s song will be performed by Dhaka’s band Uton, class-struggle and contemporary issues will be performed by Chittagong group Srijami Sangstik Angan and Ajit Roy’s song will be performed by Chittagong’s Abhyudaya Sangeet Angan. .

On Friday at 4:30 pm, artist Rupu Majumder of Rangpur, Jyotish Chandra Barman of Thakurgaon, Fakir Siraj of Dhaka, Kazi Mizanur Rahman, Ari Rahman and Praloy Saha and Farhana Rahman Kanta of Chittagong will perform solo music. Party dance will be performed by Chittagong Oriental School of Dance.

On April 27 at 4:30 pm in the party music, Hemang Biswas song will be performed by Dal Punsch from Jessore, Anvesha artist group from Sylhet will perform Shah Abdul Karim’s song, Udichi artist group will perform songs from Dhaka, Sheikh Lutfar Rahman’s song will be performed by Satyen Sen artist group from Dhaka, Salil Chowdhury’s song will be performed. Dhaka’s Bhanishikha will perform, Chakma language folk music will be performed by Girisu’s group of Rangamati, language movement songs will be performed by Chittagong’s Chandananda Cultural Parishad, Akhtar Hussain’s and Salim Reza’s songs will be performed by Khelagar Chittagong artists.

Solo music will be performed by Shirpi Rose Babu of Satkhira, Praloy Chaki of Pabna, Gautam Chakraborty of Sylhet, Fakir Shahabuddin, Suraiya Parveen and Navnita Zaid Chowdhury of Dhaka and Sujit Chakraborty of Chittagong. Party dance will be performed by Ghungur Dance Center.

On Sunday, April 28 at 4:30 in the afternoon, Garo song will be performed by Netrakona’s minority ethnic group Cultural Academy, Chandpur’s group Saptsur will perform songs dedicated to Bangabandhu, Munshiganj’s group Anveshen will perform Mukund Das’s songs, Liberation War songs will be performed by Dhaka’s group Swabhoomi Writer-Artist Center, Kazi. Nazrul Islam’s Sameya song will be performed by Dhaka’s Dal Kranti Shilpigruna, Rabindranath Tagore’s national song will be performed by Chittagong Jatiya Rabindra Sangeet Sammilan Parishad, Swarlipi Cultural Forum of Chittagong will perform folk songs in the language of Chittagong region and Ashok Sengupta’s song will be performed by Chittagong’s Awami Shilpi Group.

Artist Dil Bahar Khan of Mymensingh, Shishir Rahman of Munshiganj, Alak Dasgupta of Dhaka, Kalpana Lala of Chittagong, Jayanti Lala and Shreyasi Roy will perform solo music. Party dance will be performed by Prapan Academy of Chittagong.

The president of the Bangladesh Mass Music Council, artist Kazi Mizanur Rahman and joint convener Dr. AQM Sirajul Islam. Artist Arif Rahman, joint coordinator of the festival celebration committee artist Shreysi Roy, members of the editorial board of the Parishad Alak Dasgupta and Habibul Alam were present.

Jayanti Lala, artist of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, brave freedom fighter Dewan Maqsood, senior journalist and cultural personality Jasim Chowdhury Sabuj, Swapan Chowdhury, Bashir Al Helal, Faizul Bari, Tariq Ali Milan, Samin Reza Chowdhury, Shyamoli Chowdhury, Iqbal among the central leaders of the Parishad were present. Hafiz, Sujit Chowdhury, Asim Bikas Das, Morshedul Alam Chowdhury, Anirban Bhattacharya among the leaders of the Parishad.

Bangladesh Time: 1740 hours, April 25, 2024
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