Cultural programme for differently abled in Namchi

NAMCHI, 27 Nov: A cultural programme for the differently abled was organised today here at Central Park, Namchi, South Sikkim.
The programme was organized by North East Zone Cultural Center (NEZCC), Dimapur in collaboration with Cultural Affairs & Heritage Department, Government of Sikkim.
Chairman Tea Board Gagan Rai, ADC(S), Anil Prakash Rai, Amley Aho Research Officer NEZCC and his group, Councilors of NMC and the officers from the Culture and Heritage department were present at the programme.
Musicians and dancers presented cultural performances and entertained the huge gathering at Central Park. On the occasion the Sikkim traditional Yak dance was also performed by the Culture department which was followed by the traditional dances of different communities of Sikkim.

Jagadish Sharma [Officer on Special Duty of the Cultural Affairs & Heritage department] said that our youth today need to be aware of their culture and traditions and these cultural programmes aim to do just that.
The programme is for the differently abled but it also aims to promote and spread awareness on culture among the masses and to help in preserving and protecting vanishing cultural legacies, he added.
It is a combined effort with the NEZCC to spread awareness on Sikkim’s culture and also to give a platform to many talents of Sikkim to perform. It is due to the policy and good governance of the state government of Sikkim that such a programme is being organized, said Mr Sharma.

Similarly, Mr. Sharma also informed that they had also organized a cultural programme by women on Tuesday at Upper Salghari under Zoom-Salghari Constituency. He informed that there are many forms of folk dance in Sikkim which are performed only by women and which are vanishing from our society.