Key Takeaways
- The Indian Embassy in Dublin hosted a first-ever cultural event dedicated to Assam, showcasing its rich heritage and diversity.
- The event featured traditional dances, poetry recital, and a display of textiles and crafts, highlighting the unique cultural attractions of Assam.
- The Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat initiative promotes unity and diversity in India, and the State Cultural Event Series is a part of this initiative.
Inspired by the vision of India’s cultural and spiritual unity in diversity and ‘Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat‘, the Embassy of India, Dublin, hosted, for the first time in Ireland, a special cultural evening dedicated to Assam as part of the Embassy’s initiative of the State Cultural Event Series.
The program featured a multi-media presentation on Assam’s rich heritage, including its historical, cultural, culinary, and tourist attractions. This was accompanied by traditional dances, Assamese poetry recital, and a display of fascinating textiles and crafts. The event was made possible, thanks to the enthusiastic support and participation from the Assam Association of Ireland headed by Diganta Malakar.
Speaking on the occasion, Ambassador of India to Ireland, H.E. Akhilesh Mishra expressed great joy in hosting the first-ever exclusive presentation on Assam, which was a reflection of the relatively small but extremely vibrant and active Assamese community in Ireland, currently estimated at around 200. He stressed that the different states of India have their own unique linguistic, cultural, and natural attractions, art and craft heritage.
‘There is need for all Indians to learn about the richness and creative genius of their brothers and sisters in other parts of India, learn from each other for mutual enrichment and collaboratively help one another grow, nationally as well as internationally’, he said.
He recalled that the whole idea of launching the State Cultural Event Series in September, 2023 (so far, 16 States have been covered) was to encourage the Indian diaspora in Ireland as well as the Irish people to learn about the glory of unity in the incredible diversity of Bharat.
