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CULTURAL PRESENTATION AT VELAN HOTEL, COONOOR

BY P S SUNDAR

               Velan Hotel, Coonoor, wore a festive countenance on the evening of Sunday, Dec 28, 2014. The occasion was an international presentation on cultural highlights titled "World View" by Nilgiris Cultural Association (NCA).  

“This presentation is by officers of Governments of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Fiji, Indonesia, Lao, Myanmar and Nepal participating in a management programme at Kothari Agricultural Management Centre (KAMC) sponsored by Government of India”, KAMC Director Dr AVK Iyengar, who was the chief guest, told me.

The delegates, in their traditional national attire, sang their national anthems, showed their flag and currency and highlighted their respective culture in terms of geography, population, religion, language, education, tourism, song, dance and festival.  They also stressed on the link with India.

This included Afghanistan’s Attan national dance, Fiji’s flower Bula demonstration, Bangladesh’s melody, Nepal’s wedding dance, Indonesia’s Batik presentation and Myanmar’s laphet tea leaf dish.

“To help foreigners enjoy a taste of Indian culture, we staged Bharathanatyam presentation by students of Mudra School of Dance”, NCA Convener S Ananthakrishnan said.

Taj Savoy Ooty General Manager P Vibhakar complimented NCA for such an educative and entertaining presentation of global culture.  

D Antony Gerald, Human Resources Manager, Taj Group of Hotels in Nilgiris, said, "This programme among others highlighted how in Myanmar, they ate -- not drunk -- tea because I could taste laphet, the tea pickle".