We use Google Cloud Translation Services. Google requires we provide the following disclaimer relating to use of this service:
This service may contain translations powered by Google. Google disclaims all warranties related to the translations, expressed or implied, including any warranties of accuracy, reliability, and any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and noninfringement.
The Nepal-India Color Festival has started in Kathmandu from Wednesday. Culture Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Badriprasad Pandey inaugurated the festival which started at National Dance Hall Jamal on Wednesday evening.
At the opening ceremony of the festival organized by Nepal Sangeet and Natya Pragya-Pratishthan in collaboration with National Drama School of India, Minister Pandey praised the organization of the drama festival in collaboration between the two countries.
He informed that the Ministry has started working on the protection of arts and culture and said that this kind of program will expand the relationship between the two countries as well as exchange mutual experience. Nisha Sharma, chancellor of
Foundation, said that doing the festival in this way will result in an exchange of art and culture. She said, 'Nepal-India Color Festival is seen as an opportunity to learn from each other, one can learn new skills and arts by watching each other's plays, that opportunity is ripe.' After the opening of the
festival, the play 'Gachchami' written by Sike Lal and directed by Sunil Pokharel was performed. The chancellor of the institution, Nisha Sharma, informed that six plays will be performed in the festival, which will last until the 30th.
She said that out of the plays that will be performed in the auditorium of the National Dance Hall in Jamal, three will be performed from Nepal and three will be performed from India. According to Chancellor Sharma, a similar festival has already started in India's capital New Delhi on January 15 and the festival is continuing in 11 cities of India.
Stating that this is the first time that the color festival has been organized in collaboration between India and Nepal, she said that this time, high officials including the Acting Secretary of the Ministry of Culture of India also participated in the festival. As part of the
festival, the drama "Katha Kasturi" written by Nayanraj Pandey and directed by Diya Maskey will be performed on Thursday, and the play "Jun Parikatha Nai Mere" written by Sanyog Guragai and directed by Namrata KC will be performed on January 27. As part of the
festival, the Indian drama 'Mai Re Main Ka Se Kahoon' written by Vijaydan Detha and directed by Ajay Kumar will be screened on January 28, and the Indian drama 'Babuji' written by Mithileshwar and directed by Rajesh Singh will be screened on January 29.
The Indian drama 'Taj Mahal Ka Tender', written by Ajay Shukla and directed by Chittaranjan Tripathi, will be performed on this 30th of January.
Chancellor Sharma expressed her belief that the famous dramas of Nepal and India participating in the festival will not only be performed, but also a common dialogue of each other's traditions, values, beliefs, cultures and stories and will strengthen the relationship with the neighboring countries.
Among the Nepali dramas that will be performed here, "Gachchami" and "Katha Kasturi" will be performed in New Delhi after being performed in Kathmandu, while "Jun Pari Katha is not just a fairy tale" will be performed in Kathmandu after being performed in Gorakhpur, India.
