Marking the 52d Victory Day, the country’s leading cultural institution Chhayanaut and Dhaka University jointly celebrated a cultural event titled ‘Amader Ei Potaka’ at the central field of Dhaka University on Saturday.
This year, the institutions celebrated the seventh edition of this festivity.
Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof ASM Maksud Kamal and Executive President of Chhayanaut Dr Sarwar Ali inaugurated the event.
Private television station Deepto TV live telecasted the fifty-minute cultural program.
Songs including “O Amar Desher Mati,” “Purbo Digonte Surjo Utheche,” and “Karar Oi Louho Kopat” were presented at the event, among a total of eight group songs.
Compositions of Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Gobinda Halder, Abdul Latif, Mohammad Moshad Ali, Gazi Mazharul Anwar and Gurusaday Dutta were presented at the event.
Artist Abul Kalam Azad performed Shah Abdul Karim's song “Jibon Amar Dhonnyo Je Hai” in a solo voice. Tropa Mazumdar presented selected parts of Syed Shamsul Haque's poetic drama "Payer Awaj Paoa Jay".
The event concluded with a collective rendition of the national anthem at 4:31 pm, commemorating the moment of surrender of the Pakistan Army on the historic December 16 in 1971.
Around 1000 artists-teachers-students of Chhayanaut joined this event along with Thirteen Hussars Open Scouts Group, Bratachari, Azimpur Girls High School, Ati Bhawal Higher Secondary School, Udayan Higher Secondary School and College, Dhaka Imperial College, Nalanda Vidyalaya and Sunnydale.
In 1967, Chhayanaut started Bengali New Year celebrations to instill the belief inof living in self-identity amid the exploitation, deprivation and oppression of Pakistani rulers on the then-East Pakistan's Bengali netizens.
Chhayanaut has been organizing the Victory Day cultural event with the vow to restore the country's equality, to keep netizens united and to spread the renaissance in the culture for thousands of years.
The unique rendezvous first took place in a joint initiative with Dhaka University on Victory Day in 2015.