The people of Kausani in Bageshwar district are slated to participate in Buransh Mahotsav — the first of its kind event being organised here with the aim of promoting eco-rural tourism and encourage the local products culture.
This festival to be held from April 2 to 5 is slated to be inaugurated by the Bageshwar district magistrate at the Himalaya Study Centre and The Buransh Retreat at Kausani on Thursday. The vision behind the event is to promote tourism in the region through art and culture. According to the event organisers of the four-day fest, on the first day the Bageshwar DM BS Manral will inaugurate the Buransh Mahotsav, photography exhibition and rural tourism and craft fair.
A slide show on the Nanda Devi Raj Jat will also be held on Thursday. The second day of the event will have activities including a walk-workshop on bird watching from the forest rest house and a quiz competition apart from a slide show on Uttarakhand Darshan.
On the third day, a heritage walk of Kausani from Anashakti Ashram, painting and essay writing competition for children along with a film and slide show on the biodiversity of Uttarakhand. The concluding day on Sunday will have a discussion on development of eco-tourism in Kausani and prize distribution to children. NGOs, small entrepreneurs and villagers are slated to display and sell their products free of cost in the festival. Natural trail walks, bird watching, photography/painting workshop and exhibition, cultural programmes by local artistes, food festival for villagers to sell local delicacies, Yoga classes, tea-festival by the tea factory, para gliding, rappelling and climbing are also slated to be organised during the four-day festival.