The seventh edition of the Mountain Echoes Literature
Festival, which will be held at Thimpu, the capital of Bhutan, from August 26-28,
will showcase art, culture, literature, environment and contemporary issues.
Apart from that, Bhutan’s literary festival will simultaneously
focus on the 400th anniversary of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel, the first ruler
who had united the country as one. According to EXIN Times sources, the
literary festival will inaugurate with a conversation on ‘Climate Change and
Its Impact’ and will be presented by Indian author Amitav Ghosh. Mountain
Echoes 2016 will be introduced by Indian ambassador Jaideep Sarkar at a time
when countries across the world are facing frequent consequences of environmental
degradation.
The three-day-long literary festival will also incorporate
number of workshops like such as “Elements of a Story: Creative Writing
Workshop, arranged by Sonam Wangmo Jhalani. Indian fusion rock band, Indian
Ocean’s live performance is another attraction of the meet. ‘Bonfire Tales’, a
cultural motorbike ride to the Phobjikha valley in the black mountains of
Bhutan and then to Punakha will be introduced this year.
A photography exhibition by Sudhir Kasliwal and another by
eminent by Dorji Dhradhul, named as ‘goof to great Gasa’ will showcase
the culture and history, nature and traditions of the tiny, mountain bound city
Gasa, situated in the north western part of the country.
Mountain Echoes 2016 is a joint initiative of the
India-Bhutan Foundation and is powered by the government of Rajasthan. Siyahi,
a literary consultancy from India will produce the event in Bhutan. her Majesty
the Royal Queen Mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck is the Chief Royal Patron of
Mountain Echoes.
Festival co-director Namita Gokhale said: “We are all
looking forward with eager anticipation to the seventh edition of this
exquisite festival. High altitude thinking in the unique cultural climate and
rarefied environment of the ancient kingdom of Bhutan, which is also the
world’s youngest democracy.” Bhutan, with one-third greenery, is considered as
one of the greenest countries of the world.
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