Artistes of seven indigenous communities of Assam will dress up in traditional attires and sing late Bhupen Hazarika’s timeless classic, Manuhe Manuhor Babey, in their mother tongues here on Monday, the first death anniversary of the maestro.
The programme, which is part of the anniversary celebration event — Sangeet Divas — organised by Sanskritik Mahasabha, Assam, will include a procession involving schoolchildren and general public accompanied by gayan bayan troupes and music bands that will start from Court Field in the morning and pass through the main thoroughfares of the town.
Speaking about the rendition of Hazarika’s classic in six languages apart from Assamese, the organising committee’s secretary, Kula Kamal Dutta, said, “We think our attempt is a small step towards living up to the spirit of the song penned by the legend, who always wanted people of various faiths and groups of Assam to come together and had also been able bridge divides in society.”
He said Manuhe Manuhar Babey had been able to touch the hearts of the common people since Hazarika first sang it many decades ago and it is still sung when the state witnessed strife.
Dutta said the song had been translated into Deuri, Nepali, Hindi, Bengali, tea tribe, and Mising languages and the tune would remain unchanged. “We had a plan to get the song translated into all languages widely spoken in the state but it did not happen because we could not get enough translations as the decision was taken a bit late. But we will continue with our endeavour and may be we will succeed next year.”
He said Meghalaya governor R.S. Mooshahary would be the chief guest at the function being organised at the district library auditorium here on Monday afternoon. Several awards and titles would also be presented by the organisation to people who had contributed to the state’s culture in different fields, he added.
Dutta said 16 artistes would be presented sanmans (honours) instituted by the organisation in the name of prominent personalities in the field of culture of Assam, 41 people would be given awards in memory of well-known personalities who had contributed immensely to the growth of Assamese art and culture and 108 people would be given lifetime achievement awards.
The programme, which is part of the anniversary celebration event — Sangeet Divas — organised by Sanskritik Mahasabha, Assam, will include a procession involving schoolchildren and general public accompanied by gayan bayan troupes and music bands that will start from Court Field in the morning and pass through the main thoroughfares of the town.
Speaking about the rendition of Hazarika’s classic in six languages apart from Assamese, the organising committee’s secretary, Kula Kamal Dutta, said, “We think our attempt is a small step towards living up to the spirit of the song penned by the legend, who always wanted people of various faiths and groups of Assam to come together and had also been able bridge divides in society.”
He said Manuhe Manuhar Babey had been able to touch the hearts of the common people since Hazarika first sang it many decades ago and it is still sung when the state witnessed strife.
Dutta said the song had been translated into Deuri, Nepali, Hindi, Bengali, tea tribe, and Mising languages and the tune would remain unchanged. “We had a plan to get the song translated into all languages widely spoken in the state but it did not happen because we could not get enough translations as the decision was taken a bit late. But we will continue with our endeavour and may be we will succeed next year.”
He said Meghalaya governor R.S. Mooshahary would be the chief guest at the function being organised at the district library auditorium here on Monday afternoon. Several awards and titles would also be presented by the organisation to people who had contributed to the state’s culture in different fields, he added.
Dutta said 16 artistes would be presented sanmans (honours) instituted by the organisation in the name of prominent personalities in the field of culture of Assam, 41 people would be given awards in memory of well-known personalities who had contributed immensely to the growth of Assamese art and culture and 108 people would be given lifetime achievement awards.
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