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ART AND CULTURE - August 2021

Aug 2021

Oct 10, 2021

Suzhou Brings Kunqu Opera Showcase to London

Suzhou has showcased one of its premier art forms at a special Kunqu Opera event at the Garden Museum.
Named an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2001, the opera is more than 600 years old and is known as the mother of Chinese operas.
It is famous for its refined flute music and exquisite movements timed to every word.
"Kunqu Opera is one of Suzhou's most unique cultural treasures that all visitors must experience," said Rudong Wang, head of the international communication and cooperation department at the Suzhou bureau of culture, radio, television and tourism.

Oct 05, 2021

Vice President Inaugurates Mahabahu Brahmaputra River Heritage Centre

A British-era bungalow on a hillock that used to be the 17th century military office of the Ahom rulers was converted into a heritage centre depicting life along the Brahmaputra River.
Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the Mahabahu Brahmaputra River Heritage Centre on Guwahati's Barphukanar Tila, meaning Barphukan's Hillock. A Scottish-type wooden bungalow standing since 1850 was renovated and converted into the heritage centre.
Barpukhan was a post equivalent to Governor General created by Ahom king Pratap Simha or Susengpha (1603-1641). The hillock by the Brahmaputra, mentioned in ancient scriptures as Mandrachal, was from where Ahom General Lachit Barpukhan launched the Battle of Saraighat in March 1671 to inflict the most crushing defeat on the Mughals.
Captain Archibald Bogle, posted as the Assistant Commissioner and Collector of Kamrup district in the 1850s, had the bungalow built. Post-Independence, it continued to be the Deputy Commissioner's Bungalow until 2011.

Oct 04, 2021

Gandhi Museum Inaugurated at Noakhali in Bangladesh

On the occasion of the 152 birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the renovated Gandhi Museum was inaugurated at the historic Gandhi Ashram Trust at Noakhali in Bangladesh.
The inauguration was done by the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen, Law Minister Advocate Anisul Huq and High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami.
Mahatma Gandhi had visited Noakhali in 1946-47. He toured hundreds of villages during his four month stay in Noakhali to estbalish peace in the area which was suffering communal violence in thosse days.Gandhi Ashram Trust was established to propagte the Gandhian ideals of peace, non-violence and communla harm.

Sep 26, 2021

US Returns 3,500-year-old Epic of Gilgamesh Tablet to Iraq

A $1.7 million, 3,500-year-old, clay tablet recounting a part of the world's oldest-known story was returned to Iraq by the U.S. after being seized from the company Hobby Lobby.
The so-called 'Gilgamesh Dream Tablet', inscribed with a portion of the 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' one of the world's oldest-known religious texts, was looted from an Iraqi museum after the start of the Gulf War in August 1990, before fraudulently entering the U.S. art market in 2007.
The arts and crafts retail chain Hobby Lobby purchased the tablet in a 2014 auction — intending to display it in its billionaire owner Steve Green's Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. But the U.S. Department of Justice seized the object in 2019.

Sep 24, 2021

Leh Hosts First Edition of Himalayan Film Festival

Leh hosted the first edition of the Himalayan Film Festival.
The film festival was inaugurated by Information and Broadcasting Minister, Anurag Thakur.
Ladakh hosted the film festival as part of the celebrations of 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' to commemorate 75 years of India's Independence.
The five-day festival was organised with the aim of creating an interactive and exposure platform in order to promote aspiring local filmmakers as well as to showcase Ladakh as an attractive film destination.
This festival was organised by Leh in association with the Directorate of Film Festivals under Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

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