The festival is being organized with the aim of developing and expanding tourism, agriculture, industry, and trade, as well as promoting culture and art in the Far Western Province.
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The 19th edition of the 'Far West Festival', which has developed into a festival in the Far West, is underway in Dhangadhi.
The festival is being organized by the Kailali Chamber of Commerce and Industry with the aim of promoting tourism, agriculture, industry, trade development and expansion of the Far Western Province, as well as culture and art.
The 'Tharu Art Exhibition House', which reflects the folk culture, costumes, language, and traditions of the Tharu community, is also operating at the same festival venue. Where various costumes, farming and daily use materials used by the community, various artistic paintings, and other materials are kept.
Similarly, there are 30 commercial rooms with various dishes of the Tharu community in the exhibition house premises. Dishes that the Tharu community has traditionally consumed and eaten are kept for sale in these rooms. The commercial rooms include fish sidra, snails, dhikri, shrimp, and meat such as pigeon, rat, bangur, and gangta.
Tharu dishes are served at the exhibition house and various songs and dances of Tharu culture are performed. Visitors who come here to watch the folk songs and dance to them. The owner, Balicharan Chaudhary, informed that the Tharu Art Exhibition House has been brought into operation with the aim of preserving the folk art, culture and cuisine of the Tharu people, which have been disappearing in recent times.
He has been holding an exhibition house at the festival site every year. Chaudhary said that he has invested about Rs 1 million for its management and that the turnover is estimated to be around Rs 1.5 million.
“Not only here but also in fairs and festivals held in various other places, I have been operating the Tharu Museum and Tharu Art Exhibition House. This has helped in promoting the folk culture, cuisine and lifestyle of my community in addition to generating income,” he said.
