Shillong, April 23: With the aim of Celebrating Culture, Connecting People and Transforming LIFE, this extravaganza “Northeast Fiesta”, the biggest carnival of Northeast India in Punjab was organized to showcase the cultural diversity of all the Northeastern states of India to all the people of Punjab with a cultural exchange program to foster integrity, prosperity and excellence.
During the day time Carnival, handicraft, handloom, art, traditional sport, photography and tourism exhibition was presented from all the eight states. All the 8 states presented their traditional Folk music and dance and mesmerised the guest and the local visitors. A few northeast based music bands and also from Jalandhar participated in both days.
A discussion session on relevant topics of Northeast which was discussed and the eminent speaker from various startup such as Zerocubes Studios,Totell, Axom Arunachal resort and nursery from Northeast region spoke about the importance of trade and commerce in the Northeast.
Shri Dr Jai Inder Singh the chief guest of the event, Honourable SDM of Phagwara, Punjab congratulated the students for bringing the cultural diversity of Northeast in Punjab and expressed best wishes for the success of this festival.Famous hindi rock band “The Dakoha Stop ” enthrall the audience with their numbers.
Talented designers Linthoi from Manipur presented her fashion line up and also cultural fashion show was displayed by the 8 northeastern states.Cultural folk dance and folk song from 8 northeastern states was showcased during the 4th edition of Northeast Fiesta.Singing talents from Northeast such as Ophilia Kharluki from Meghalaya and Fable from Nagaland enthralled the audience of Punjab.
The president of Northeast Student Organization Jalandhar, Arup Nath who hails from Tripura told that “Every year we come up with a new way of organizing Northeast Fiesta so that the host state are enthral by the cultural beauty of Northeast”
“Northeast Fiesta is a platform to bridge the gap between the Northeastern States of India and showcased the cultural beauty of respective states to the people here in Punjab and also provide a platform for young talented designers, singers and many more” as told by Komal Chutia the Head of Media and Publicity,Totell.
The entire event moments and glimpses were captured and covered by a young entrepreneur Mr Hemanga Deka and his Zero Cube Studios team from Assam.
All the Punjabi people were babbled by the amazing colours of Northeast and one of the resident told “Such kind of cultural event is reducing the barriers between Northern India and Northeastern India and he also told that he always eagerly wait for Northeast Fiesta to happen”.
