GUWAHATI, Feb 28 � Voluntary association Jeevan Initiative is organising Jeevan Kite Festival on the banks of river Brahmaputra behind Sonaram field on March 1, 2, 3, stated a press release.
The festival will be inaugurated at 3 pm on March 1, followed by a theme ramp show by youth celebrities who will release theme tees opposing bribery and promoting good news. A list of 150 good news for Assam and a theme song will also be released. Zubeen Garg will fly the inaugural kite.
The festival will witness open kite flying and kite war by public and celebrities besides demonstration of select international kite festivals� kites. There will be art camp, exhibition, workshop, story and poetry camp and whole-day cultural performances. Every evening on a backdrop of scores of earthen lamps and sky lantern kites, leading artists of the State will perform songs addressed to the mighty Brahmaputra river in the accompaniment of folk music and live painting.
Simultaneously, a music video, animation and short film festival has also been organised. And a friendship and Rabab Tenga festival with innovative games like Rabab Thief, Rabab Hunter, Rabab Eater, Rabab Ball, Rabab Run etc will be played among the public. The friendship zone will have segments like �Adopt a grandchild�, �Eye for the blind�, �My friend circle� etc. A bike-cum photography tour to Kaziranga by Eco Tourism Society of North East will be flagged off at the festival venue, the release added.
