Entertainment Report :
To promote Jatra, a get-together of Jatra artistes was held at the Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy recently. Around 100 hundred Jatra artistes from different cultural organisations including Bangladesh Jatra Federation, Jatra Shilpo Unnayan Parishad, Bangladesh Jatrashilpo Malik Somiti and others gathered
at the Theatre Hall in a festive mood.
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) Director General, Liaquat Ali Lucky also joined the event virtually and urged everyone to work together to flourish the traditional Jatra. BSA will also organise Jatra festivals on national and divisional levels, he said. Bangladesh Jatra Shilpo Unnayan Parishad President, Milon Kanti Dey, Bangladesh Jatra Federation President, Tapos Serker, General Secretary, Adv Hasan Kabir Shahin, Bangladesh Jatrashilpo Malik Somiti President, Mosharraf Hosain and General Secretary, Swapon Pande and Joint General Secretary, MA Mannan were present among other artistes. BSA has been arranging this festival regularly for promoting the traditional performing art form across the country.
