Dhaka International Folk Fest 2018
to open on November 15
Like previous years, the fourth edition of the Dhaka International Folk Fest will have a myriad of Bangladeshi and international folk artistes on one platform.
Place
The festival will take place from November 15-17 at Bangladesh Army Stadium, everyday from 6 pm to midnight.
Organised by
Organised by Sun Communications Limited under the banner of Sun Foundation,
broadcast partner
the festival will be televised live on Maasranga Television, the event’s television broadcast partner.
Live
Additionally, viewers will be able to enjoy the programme on Bioscope Live.
Festival press conference
To make the formal announcement of this year’s festival,
a press conference was held at The Westin Hotel in the capital yesterday.
Anjan Chowdhury, Chairman of Sun Communications Limited and Sun Foundation,
Abul Khayer, Chairman of Bengal Foundation,
Syed Mahbubur Rahman, CEO and Managing Director of Dhaka Bank Limited,
Mahmud Hossain, Chief Business Officer of Grameenphone, and
prominent folk singer and MP, Momotaz Begom, were present at the press conference.
Anjan Chowdhury said
“Sun Foundation comes with a mission to conserve and support the folk genre, making it popular among people.
Securing the legal rights of Bangladeshi folk artistes and ensuring their royalty are our main priorities,”
“As an initiative, we will also collaborate with renowned search engines and social media sites to endorse our artistes globally.”
Others
Others at the conference also spoke about the enriched Bangla folk tradition and its significance to the world.
Artistes
Around174 artistes from 7 countries including Bangladesh will be gathering at the festival.
Bangladesh Artistes
Momotaz Begom
Baul Abdul Hai Dewan
Baul Kabir Shah
Arnob
Nakshikatha
Swarobanjo, and
Bhabna Nritya Dol will be performing from Bangladesh.
Foreign Artistes
Wadali Brothers,
The Raghu Dixit Project,
Satyaki Banerjee from India,
Shafqat Amanat Ali from Pakistan,
Majaz from Bahrain,
Grammy award winner Los Texmaniacs from the USA,
Dikanda from Poland, and
Las Migas from Spain will come to the bustling city of Dhaka to celebrate the spirit of folk music at the festival.
For registration
The online registration process for the festival, which is free of cost, will begin from 3 pm today and will carry on for five days.
For registration, people can visit www.dhakainternationalfolkfest.com
or www.shohoz.com/events, the event’s registration partner.
Grameenphone subscribers can register from their My GP apps as well.
After completing the registration, three different entry passes for each day of the festival will be sent to the interested participants via email.
More updates on the event can be found on the official Facebook page of the Dhaka International Folk Fest.
Title Sponsor
The title sponsor of the Dhaka International Folk Fest this year is Meril.
It is powered by Dhaka Bank Limited, in association with Grameenphone and supported by Radhuni.
Other partners of the event include
Bkash
Bengal Digital
Radio DIN RAAT
Mediacom
Square Hospitals Limited
Aegis Security Force, and
Four Points by Sheraton, Dhaka.
-Shababa Iqbal
Source: thedailystar, 6 November 2018
