4-day Sultan Utsab begins in Narail
UNB
A four-day long Sultan Utsab began on Wednesday with the presentation of traditional heritage and products, reports UNB.
The inauguration ceremony was held at the Sultan Mancha of Victoria College in Narail district.
The SM Sultan Shishu Charu O Karukala foundation and the Bengal Foundation jointly organised the festival to mark the 93rd birth anniversary of renowned artist SM Sultan.
Mohammad Emdadul Haq Chaudhury, deputy commissioner of Narail, also president of SM Sultan Foundation, inaugurated the event as the chief guest in the afternoon while the district police super Rafiqul Islam and Zilla Parishad chairman Sohrab Hossain inaugurated the art camp and painting exhibition respectively as part of the festival.
Kolkata Government College of Art and Crafts Professor Sumon Pal, artists Swapon Kumar Roy, Partha Pratim Roy, cultural personalities Mihir Das and Niaz Morshed and singer Samit Dutta from West Bengal in India will join a function to be held on September 9.
A seminar on Sultans life and works and cultural programmes will also be held at Sultan Mancha while a painting competition for the children will be arranged on September 8.
