Just as in previous years, Alliance Française brought ‘Fete de la Musique’, a lively music festival originally from Paris, to Kathmandu for week long festivities kicking off on Tueday, June 21 at Dattatrya Square, Bhaktapur. The event, jointly organised by Alliance Française in Kathmandu and Service Civil International, began with Newari musical performances followed by a fusion performance of guitars and Dhime from students of Alliance Française. Ashesh and Nekhvam performed some wonderful blues followed by an enthralling performance by the students of KU School of Music. Next on the program, was the ‘AFK Music Contest’. The second music contest was open to all and the winner got the chance to open the final act of the music week, ‘Betty Argo in Kathmandu’. The free concert was held on June 26 at Nepal Academy Hall. The Indie pop band grabbed the audiences’ attention with their music of reggae, rock and electronic influences.
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Fete de la Musique
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Poet of the Fall
1905, Kantipath was filled with a marvellous fusion of poetry, performance and music on June 10. ‘Poet of the Fall’ was organised jointly by Mu’az Entertainment and 1905 which showcased the versatile acts and poems of Murad Ali which were fusioned perfectly with the soothing music by pianist Upendra Lal Singh. Ali recited wonderful English and Sufi poems in synchronization with Western as well Indian melodies. Ali’s presentation of the scenes from the movies Taxi Driver and The Departed were highly admired by the audience. The program was then continued with an enthralling performance by Upendra and his friends. -
World Environment Day
Alliance Française in Kathmandu (AFK) and Children for Green New Nepal (CGNN) jointly celebrated World Environment Day. The three day long celebrations comprised of film shows and an art competition for the students. The event starting on Friday, June 3 with the filming of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth at Patan Durbar Square. Addicted to Plastic was filmed on the second day and The Age of Stupid was on the last. The art competition was also observed on the final day followed by a rally displaying the student’s work of art. Also on the occasion of World Environment Day, a mass tree-hugging program was organized at Gokarna. The gathering was organised in an attempt to set a new tree-hugging world record.
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Sayami’s Collection of Poem
Prakash Sayami’s poem collection ‘Ghalibko Chihaan Ra Aru Kabita’ was launched on July 6 at Academy Hall, Kamladi. The book consists of works from his 30 years poetic journey. It includes 30 poems and 22 songs written in Nepali, English, Nepal Bhasa and Hindi. The book was jointly launched by Rabindra Mishra, journalist, Bhimarjun Acharya, constitutional expert, and Ratna Lamichhane, wife of poet Shankar Lamichhane. Prakash Sayami, who is a filmmaker, poet and a radio broadcaster, declared to donate fifty percent of the money collected from the book sales on the event to Rakshya Nepal, an NGO working for the welfare of female sex workers and their children in Nepal. The book is distributed by Educational Book House and is priced at Rs. 175 each.
