Mymensingh, Bangladesh (BBN) - A three-day 31st National Rabindra Sangeet Conference will begin at Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin Auditorium of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh on March 8 this year.
Jatiyo Rabindra Sangeet Sammelan Parishad (JRSSP) is organizing the conference for the first time in Mymensingh.
The program with the theme “Bondhon Hok Khoy” (destruction of bondage) includes discussions, informal gatherings of Tagore singers, rendition of Tagore songs, staging of dance-drama, recitation from Tagore's poetry and felicitating eminent personalities, the organizers said.
Veteran Tagore artiste Kazi Shahjahan Hafiz will inaugurate the conference. Motiur Rahman MP will be the chief guest at the inaugural session.
Some 200 artistes from the capital Dhaka will attend the conference.
Besides, some 300 artistes and organizers from 76 branches of Jatiyo Rabindra Sangeet Sammelan Parishad throughout the country will attend the conference.
BBN/SSR/ANS-06Mar12-8:55 am (BST)