DEVKOTA JAYANTI CELEBRATION with Nepali Literature and Art Festival
Dear Nepali community members and friends of Nepal,
International Nepali Literary Society (INLS), Washington D.C. is organizing a Nepali Literature and Art Festival to mark Devkota Jayanti 2003. INLS cordially invites all Nepali community members and friends of Nepal to this program.
What: Devkota Jayanti Celebration with Nepali Literature and Art Festival
When: Sunday, October 26th, 2003 at 1:30PM.
Where: Johnson Center (Ground Floor), George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Direction: http://www.gmu.edu/welcome/Directions-to-GMU.html
Free Parking on Student Lots.
Program:
1. Nepali Writers Workshop Nepali poetry and fiction writing techniques
2. Literary Art Exhibit Display of arts based on poems of Nepali poets
3. Tribute to Mahakavi Laxmi Prasad Devkota Highlight of his contributions
4. Report from INLS participation to First Non-Resident Nepali Conference
5. Key note address by Mr. Stephen Eckerd, Coordinator, Imaginasia Family Program, Smithsonian Museum
6. INLS Outstanding Contribution to Nepali Literature Award presentation
7. Cultural program (main attraction: Lakhe Dance and Manjushree Dance from a Professional Nepali Dancer).
8. Moti Samasya Purti Poetry Competition and Poetry Recitation
9. Prize distribution to Poetry and Bhanu Bhakta Memorial Volleyball Competition Winners
If you would like to recite poems or participate on the writing workshop, please send an e-mail to sarojgopal@hotmail.com.
A special issue of INSIGHT magazine highlighting the contribution of Non-Resident Nepalese (NRNs) to the languages, literature and culture of Nepal has been published. If you would like to subscribe the magazine, please fill out the subscription/membership form on INLS website at this location: http://www.inls.org/membership.html and bring along with you at the program. We have limited copies.
We appreciate your help in keeping Nepali identity alive and vibrant in the Diaspora.
Gopal Regmi
General Secretary
INLS, DC
http://www.inls.org
info@inls.org
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