Lumle declared a Poetry Village
Sat, March 28, 2009, 5:58 pm

Lumle (Kaski): Lumle, a tourist village in mid Nepal, has been declared as a Poetry Village on Saturday. Lumle is also known as a Cherapunji of Nepal.

Tourism expert Mr. Jhalak Thapa inaugurated the program and Poet Vinod Gauchan, who is also a master mind behind the concept, declared the Lumle as a Poetry Village among the villagers and journalists.

Teej songs, rateuli songs, Gurung people's Tohotay culture, bhajans and various dances were the major attractions of the program. According to Mr. Gauchan, there are seven major proposes behind the poetry village concept. Tourism promotion of Lumle through arts, music and literature is the main theme behind the campaign.

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The villagers and guests


Tourism expert Jhalak Thapa greets to all after inaugurating the program. Mr Gauchan 2nd from left.


Local students reading their poem.


Teej, a festival of Nepali women, dance.


An art painted by an artiste up on Lumle Poetry Village declaring ceremony.


Guests from Pokhara and Kathmandu.


Gurung people performing Tohotay dance. Pictures: Rup Narayan Dhakal.

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