An 11-day-long cultural extravaganza entitled "Mayurbhanj Mahotsav" is commencing here on Wednesday (November 1). It is the sixth annual Mahotsav, meant for popularizing Mayurbhanj's history, heritage, tradition, culture, art, tourist attractions, music, dances, dressing styles and food habits etc among the people of Odisha and the rest of the country, revealed the Mahotsav Committee general secretary Kalinga Keshari Jena.
Every evening, from November 1 to November 11, colourful programmes will be held in the local Chhow Padia, it is learnt. Cinestars like Uttam Mohanty, Asit Pati, Papu Pom-pom, Swaraj Barik, Ira Mohanty, Animesh Ghosh, Ananya Sritam Nanda and Asima Panda are scheduled to grace the programmes on different days.
A preparatory meeting in this regard was held here on Tuesday which was attended by Committee president Krushnanand Mohanty and members Sanjeev Dwivedy, Tapas Padhi, Biplab Bugudei, Ladu Keshar Rana, Satyajit Shome, Rakesh Singh, Savita Hansdah and Nimain Tripathy. A colourful procession will be taken out in the town to mark the beginning of the festival, it was disclosed.