AIZOL TIMES
Aizawl, Oct. 2: Z.H. Ropuia, Tourism Minister said that the Mizoram Tourism department is all set to launch the first ever ‘Bamboo Festival’ from 4th -6th October at Berawtlang Tourist Complex, during his interaction with the press at the Tourism Conference Hall today.
Speaking to the press, the Minister stressed that the main aim of this festivals is to promote tourism in the state and to attract tourists with the state’s natural resources and its by-products. He also said that the festival will not only have lots of entertainment but also provide a platform to display various bamboo and other indigenous products, which is expected to promote quality tourism as well in the state.
During this Bamboo festival, various traditional dance, singing and cultural troupe from interior areas are expected to perform. A mini concert of sorts will conclude each festival day, where the gathering of audience can enjoy folk and contemporary music.
Out of this, exhibition-cum-sale of different handicrafts and handloom are expected. Food courts offering different cuisine and competitions in traditional games such as catapult shooting and stilt-walking will also be a part of the festival. A fashion show displaying traditional Mizo handloom will also be held, which promises to be different and eye-catching.
The Horticulture department will display major fruits and flowers which Mizoram is well known for such as anthurium, rose, papaya, squash, capsicum, tomato and passion fruit. It also plans to conduct demonstration and training on ginger ale, ginger candy and passion fruit juice.
A workshop on ‘Bamboo – The Ultimate Resource for Prosperity’ will be organized by the Environment & Forest department, which it hopes to spread awareness about the prospects of bamboo. The department will also organize a bamboo seedling show as well as display specimens of the various bamboo varieties found in Mizoram. An on-the-spot bamboo competition, where people can bring the “biggest bamboo” they can find, will be held.
The Tourism department has also confirmed participation from all the other north-eastern states, which will display their various bamboo products. The Union Ministry of Tourism had already sanctioned Rs. 10 lakhs for this Bamboo Festival.
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October 3rd, 2007 at 11:52 am
MNF sawrkar leh Bamboo….Booooooo!!! Made for Each Other!!!!
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October 3rd, 2007 at 12:02 pm
sum a tam alawm
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October 3rd, 2007 at 1:51 pm
MAutam avangin thingtlang lamah chuan ‘TAM’ a tla mek emaw kan lo tia, Bamboo fastival te lo tih leh tak chu avan mak awm em??? Heta an sum hman tur hi mirehtei ei tur neilo te tan sem sela a hlawk zawk ngei ang le!!!
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October 3rd, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Band, kei pawn hriatthiam har ka ti. Kan Minister te’n mi rethei te thil tawn leh an lungzinna an ngaih pawimawh lohzia a lang chiang viau lo maw ? Mahse rks_49er sawi ang khian an attitute chu “Sum a tam alawm”.
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October 4th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Tourism promote hi kan ram tan a him em? tunah poh sex, drugs, corruption etc kan him lo ania, tourist lokal tak tak sela chuan hei ai hian kan chhe lehzual ang.. Himachal Pradesh poh foreigner hovin marijuana etc duhin an pan sup2a, Goa ah drugs leh sex trade lo hluar bawk, Kerala, God’s own country an tih chamchi pawh a banglo, an ayurveda in massage pahin in massage mah2 na case hluar tan bawk si.. hetiang immorality in a chim hian tourist te mai lo, a local mi in an tuar hle thin tihte han hriat phei chuan kan mizoramah khian tourism promote kan la ngam angem aw? tih ngaihtuah chian angai. Ram dang ho pawh an harh meuh chuan pawi thui tak alo thleng toh thin.. Hetiangin a chhe lampangah example a awm reng anih chuan promote hma in inngaihtuah hmasak angai viau lo maw?
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October 4th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Tourism poh promote tum mah i al, tumah tak tak hi an lo kal tha duh lo ang !!! hlauhthawn tur a tam hran lo ang. Thiante ho poh hian an han tum teh thina, zoram kal hi, an zuzi leh mai thin.
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