Chhayanaut celebrates Sharat

Cultural Desk : dhakamirror.com

Cultural organisation Chhayanaut celebrated Sharat organising a programme at the Bakultala of fine arts faculty of Dhaka University on Friday. Artistes of the organisation entertained the audience singing songs and reciting poems on Sharat. Besides, the programme featured solo and group dance recitals.

‘Chhayanaut regularly tries to organise different programmes to celebrate different Bengali seasons. We have organised today’s progamme to celebrate Sharat,’ Chhayanaut general secretary Laisa Ahmed Lisa said. ‘Nowadays, very few cultural programmes are organised marking Sharat season. Such programmes can play an important role in making the younger generation aware of their roots,’ added Laisa Ahmed Lisa.

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Chhayanaut to celebrate Pahela Baishakh at Ramna Batamul

Chhayanaut will celebrate Pahela Baishakh organising cultural programmes at Ramna Batamul in the capital on April 14 after a two-year hiatus.
The cultural organisation celebrated Pahela Baishakh in 2020 and 2021 organising online programmes due to the Covid situation.
This year, the celebration programme will begin at 6:15 am.
The announcement was made at a press conference

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Chhayanaut launches book on Nazrul

imageChhayanaut launched a collection of essays on the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam titled Bisway Ami Biswha Bidhatrrir on Friday at its
Ramesh Chandra Dutt Auditorium.
Edited by Chhayanaut chairperson Dr Sanjida Khatun, the book contains different types of essays by young and
renowned scholars of the country.

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Timeless songs presented at Chhayanaut

Timeless songs presented at ChhayanautTimeless songs of great three poets of Bengal—Dwijendralal Roy, Atul Prasad Sen and Rajanikanta Sen- were rendered on piano at a programme
on Saturday at Chhayanaut auditorium.
The show titled Three Poets and the Piano was organised by Ohornish Events. Talented singers Nirjhar Chowdhury and Joyeeta presented songs in duet and solo accompanied by Ehsanul Haq on piano

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Huge audiences enjoy Tagore songs at Chhayanaut

A jampacted audience enjoyed timeless Tagore songs performed by the talented singers on Tuesday at the Chhayanaut auditorium.
Chhayanaut Sangeskritik Kendrea organised the two-day Rabindra-Utsab celebrating the Nobel Laureate poet’s 151st birth anniversary.
The opening day programme of the festival began with a group dance recital by Chhayanaut artistes

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Chhayanaut turns gold

As I entered the new red brick Chhayanaut Sangskriti Bhaban in Dhanmondi, I was struck by its magnificence. The structure had remained true to the school’s founding philosophy of “open door for all”— the building purposefully has no perimeter walls. There was a constant mass of students, teachers, poets, artists, young and old streaming through the doors from dawn to dusk.
The classes for children

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The splendour of folk dance

“Nupur Bejey Jaye” at Chhayanaut
Shadhona (Centre for Advancement of South Asian Culture) held the 9th instalment of their bi-monthly dance programme “Nupur Bejey Jaye” at the main auditorium of Chhayanaut in Dhanmondi, Dhaka on July14. Artistes from the troupes — Kalpotoru and Dhriti — also performed at the event.
Under the title, “Banglar Nritya”, the show predominantly featured the time-honoured folk dances of the

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Homage to an icon

Nazrul Utshab 1418 at Chhayanaut
For the third consecutive year, Chhayanaut arranged a two day-long Nazrul Utshab (festival) 1418 at its main auditorium on July 1. Artistes of Chhayanaut began the festival with a choral rendition of the song “Anjoli Laho Mor Sangeet-e” while a number of artistes, with mongolprodip, presented a lively dance to the number set on the spiritual raga Tilang. Both the singers and dancers did justice to the raga. Sudeshna Sayongprobha,

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Chhayanaut’s Yearlong Celebration of Tagore’s 150th Birth Anniversary Reaches 6th Phase

With the staging of “Daakghar” at the Chhayanaut Auditorium by the students of Nalanda [Chhayanaut’s school], the sixth phase of the yearlong celebration of Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary began on March 3.
The four-day event, featuring theatre and film adaptations of Tagore’s works, is being held at Chhayanaut Shangskriti Bhaban and National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala academy (BSA) in

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Exhibition Of Tagore Reproductions At Chhayanaut

KG Subramanian speaks on Rabindranath’s Artwork
As part of Chhayanaut’s yearlong programmes to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary [May 8, this year] of Rabindranath Tagore, an eight-day exhibition featuring reproductions of the Nobel laureate poet’s artworks is on at Chhayanaut Shangskriti Bhaban in Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
Renowned Indian artist and art teacher KG Subramanian inaugurated the exhibition yesterday and delivered an

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