UNESCO team to visit Manas from tomorrow
>From Our Correspondent Assam Tribune
BARPETA, Feb 11 A team from UNESCO will visit the Manas National Park with a
three-day programme commencing from February 13. It is learnt that the main
purpose of the team is to collect information about the problems faced by the
world famous park amidst reports of poaching and destruction of its flora and
fauna.
The team will consists of Guy Davanet, Programme Specialist of Natural Heritage
of UNESCO based in Paris, Haen Lathier and Prof Rambhuj, both monitoring
officers of Delhi-based World Heritage and SK Sribastav Chief Conservator of
Forest, Jaipur.
Declared as the World Heritage Site by the UNESCO, Manas acquired the status of
a reserved forest in 1928 and was included in the map of tiger sanctuaries way
back in 1974. In 1990, it was declared a National Park. Later in the Nineties,
it faced threats from several anti-social elements following which it had to be
declared as World Heritage Site in Danger.
The visit of the UNESCO team has created optimism as it will submit a report
after studying all aspects, including infrastructure, communication and
security measures, etc.
Bihu workshop: Bordoichila, a forerunner in the field of Bihu dance of Lower
Assam, organised a workshop on the national festival of the Assamese people.
The two-day workshop was conducted by Prabin Saikia known as the guru of
folk-song in Barpeta Road Sahitya Sabha Bhawan on February 2 and 3.
Altogether 85 trainees from various parts of Lower Assam, such as Rangiya,
Nalbari, Howly, Barpeta, Manikpur, Sarbhog, Barpeta Road, participated in the
workshop to train themselves with Bihu Geet and the choreography related with
Bihu dance.
An open meeting was held at the end of the workshop with Nareswar Das in the
chair. Prof Phulkumari Kalita dwelt at length on the several aspects of folk
culture in the meeting. Sunil Das and Jayanta Das from Bordoichila also took
part in the deliberation.
Participants in the workshop were awarded certificates besides felicitation to
the trainers. Prabin Saikia was well assisted by his wife Rashmirekha Saikia,
Jali Bora and Lakshya Gogoin during the course of the workshop.
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