Chhayanaut celebrates Tagore’s 159th birth anniv on YouTube

Chhayanaut, country’s leading cultural institution, paid their tributes to Rabindranath Tagore on his 159th birth anniversary through its official YouTube channel on Friday, reports news agency UNB.

The special programme, compiled and presented by Chhayanaut president Sanjida Khatun titled ‘Oi Mohamanob Ashe’ streamed on Chhayanaut’s YouTube channel named Chhayanaut Digital-Platform at 9:00am.

“Rabindranath Tagore had always been the one quintessential companion to the Bangali nation in every battle - even during this global pandemic. We will celebrate this glorious occasion to remember the birth of this legend and his legacy in every way possible, thus this special arrangement came into fruition”, Sanjida Khatun said at the programme.

Along with Sanjida’s speech, the short programme featured Tagore singers who remotely showcased their performances on this digital programme which included solo songs by Mita Haque, Laisa Ahmed Lisa, Mohiuzzaman Chowdhury Moyna, Md Sifayet Ullah Mukul, Satyam Kumar Debnath, Sejuti Barua and Semonti Monjori and group songs by Abhaya Dutt, Tahmid Wasif Wrivu, Naima Islam Naj, Partha Partim Roy, Farjana Akter Popy, Bikram Das, Mustafizur Rahman Turjo, Sutapa Saha and recitation by Jayanta Roy.

The artistes were accompanied by Enamul Haque Omar on tabla and Robin Chowdhury on the keyboard.

Due to the ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19, the institution previously cancelled its most awaited Bengali New Year celebration at Ramna in the capital this year and telecasted another special presentation titled ‘Borshoboron 1427’ on its YouTube channel.

Interested viewers can visit the address, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=254W2LSzNsM to enjoy the programme.