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Kardom! The 40th edition of Karbi
Youth Festival is scheduled to be held during 15-19 February, 2014 at
Taralangso, a village with graceful cultural spirits, situated at the outskirt
of Diphu town of Karbi Anglong district in Assam. This has been the largest
ever ethnic festival in the North-East India since 1974.
Karbi Youth Festival comes in the mid-February every year reclaiming own ethnicity,
uniting people in cultural synchronization and crafting cultural ethos across the Karbi Anglong district in particular and the state of Assam as well as the North-East Region as a whole, reminding people of the country and abroad not to forget this part of the globe. Therefore, this mega event is the best opportunity to be in touch with the native people, to understand about the culture and heritage including the aspects of material culture of communities of North-East India.
uniting people in cultural synchronization and crafting cultural ethos across the Karbi Anglong district in particular and the state of Assam as well as the North-East Region as a whole, reminding people of the country and abroad not to forget this part of the globe. Therefore, this mega event is the best opportunity to be in touch with the native people, to understand about the culture and heritage including the aspects of material culture of communities of North-East India.
Karbi Youth Festival is the celebration of Karbi Heritage and Culture
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Including Assam primarily, Karbi
people are inclusively found inhabiting in Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya,
Arunachal Pradesh, etc. embracing the culture and traditions of India. Karbi is
one of the largest tribal communities in Assam. The demography of Karbi people in
Assam covers the districts of Karbi Anglong, Kamrup, Morigaon, Sonitpur, and so
on.
The initial time in organizing the
festival was quite struggling because of lack of proper channel to patronage
and only the enthusiasm worked upbeat with the whole hearted support of the
general public, but such a way ahead, Karbi Youth Festival turned to be a big
Annual Event, which remained unabated for the past 39 years.
40th Karbi Youth Festival is scheduled on 15-19 February, 2014
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The venue of the festival with about
300 acre stretches; Taralangso beholds gracefully a raw natural ambiance of mother earth adorned with green hills and elegant streams. Hence, the present
venue is an ideal paradise for holding of Karbi Youth Festival, although there
needs continued initiatives for preservation, documentation, research and promotion
of the rich cultural heritage of Karbi people of Assam.
At present the Karbi Youth Festival has
been curved a niche as a beautiful platform for exhibition and promotion of art
and culture not only for Karbis, but also for all communities of Assam and the
North-East.
Festival Highlights
In this fantastic cultural
extravaganza from the Opening Ceremony to Valedictory function,beginning from
15-19 February, 2014, including thousands of folk musicians, a number of
participants in various events are anticipated to perform and make the time
meaningful with the countless audiences.
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Taralangso
Music Festival,
from the year 2010,is the added zeal in the festival where folk dance &
music performance including melodious folk musical instruments, singers giving
spectacular enjoyment are the attractions to thousands of audiences.Rock Contest organized with the
international appeal now become the crowd puller in the
festival.
Taralangso
Art Carnival with
an ethnic village is another significant feature offering exhibition of folk art
& crafts, contemporary art, paintings, handloom & handicrafts, photography,
etc.
Ethnic Food stalls give
unforgettable taste and experience to the visitors. The delicious ethnic
recipes like pork meat steamed in bamboo, sticky rice, and many more food items
give spirit to every person to visit again and again.
Moreover, traditional games &
sports competition, adventure sports competition, ethnic fashion show,
workshops, theatre and drama performance, cinema show, book fair, etc. are included
in the festival.
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After three years of celebration,
Karbi Cultural Society was born in the year 1977 and the responsibility of
organizing the Karbi Youth Festival comes on the hands of the Society. Since
then, the Society has been organizing the Festival with the mission to promote
and share the heritage and culture of all people of Karbi descent with the
global community. Taralangso, a green surrounding village, was fixed as the
permanent venue of the festival. Generally the Festival is organized week-long
covering all sections of the people of Karbi Anglong and the state of Assam.
Karbi Youth Festival is the celebration
of joyful expression of Karbi people in search of cultural identity. Now this
festival is not merely a festival concentrated to Karbi community, but instead,
a festival representing the all sections of people and communities of the
Nroth-East.
Karbi Youth Festival is not only an
entertaining event, but instead, an educational experience and cultural exchange.
The Festival honours every culture, every tradition and every community. Karbi
Youth Festival encourages individuals from all ethnic backgrounds to share with
the beauty of rich history, art, music and foods of Karbi community.
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