International cultural group from Tunisia to perform in Jammu Dec 18
08/12/2017
JAMMU, Dec 7: In it's endeavor to bring world to India, particularly to Jammu, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, (ICCR) Ministry of External Affairs, Govern ment of India is bringing an International cultural group from Republic of Tunisia to Jammu for its performance on 18th of December, 2017 and the performance is being held at Abhinav Theatre, Jammu at 5 pm in collaboration with J&K Academy of Art Culture and languages. Giving details, Regional Director of ICCR J&K Balwant Thakur while briefing the media at ICCR headquarters informed here today that this will be the 11th world country to perform in Jammu after the inception of ICCR in Jammu.
Earlier groups from Zambia, Republic of Laos, Poland, Malaysia, Spain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Sri Lanka, Germany and Mauritius have successfully given their successful performances in Jammu.
Prior to the establishment of ICCR in Jammu, the people out here never had the opportunity to witness International performances. In the recent months ICCR has been very active in the International Cultural Exchange programmes and only last month sponsored two Cultural groups from J&K for their performances in Japan and Egypt.
Giving details about the International performance of Tunisia Balwant Thakur informed that Tunisia is the smallest country in North Africa, and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya in the southeast, and the Medit erranean Sea to the north and east.
ICCR is bringing a music band 'Chassen Azaiez and his Band' from Sfax city of Tunisia. The group is born out of the basic idea "Spread music that not only draws upon the Arab music heritage in general but the Tunisian in particular. The group aims at the spread of the culture of hope and life so as to fight against all sorts of cultural apostasy and obscurantism.
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