{"id":11367,"date":"2018-11-11T19:12:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T23:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=11367"},"modified":"2018-11-11T19:12:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T23:12:05","slug":"declare-divali-nagar-a-national-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=11367","title":{"rendered":"Declare Divali Nagar a National Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Stephen Kangal
\nNovember 11, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Stephen<\/a>The current international outreach achieved by the annual Divali Nagar exposition having already cultivated cultural links with numerous Caribbean countries hitherto as the first platform, is something to be applauded as it redounds to enhancing the image of T&T as a multicultural destination to be visited by cultural enthusiasts and people of the Indian diaspora. <\/p>\n

The Nagar has been in existence for more than 30 years and developed exponentially as a showcase for many things unique to the Indo-T&T population.
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\nI doubt whether there is any Divali celebration of similar standard and concentration that takes place on the sub-continent given the homogeneous and unique composition of the Festival of Lights in Trinidad that takes place over a fortnight. The exposition is multi-media and very varied.<\/p>\n

It brings the T&T diaspora together as no other event except Carnival.<\/p>\n

\"Panist
Panist Achibar Entertaining at the Nagar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This T&T Festival having dismantled its former religious Hindu and geographic boundaries and achieved total national appeal and interest must be declared a National Festival and be accorded the type of recognition by the GORTT that will allow it to deepen its roots and attract thousands of visitors to our shores to witness a most unique, international cultural pageant that showcases the rich veins of dance, singing, the culinary arts, events management and other creative offerings that must make T&T the pivotal and locus point for The Festival of Lights.in the Western Hemisphere.<\/p>\n

Brian McFarlane must volunteer to help in the conceptualisation of the 2019 presentation to give that added lift off to take the Nagar to another level where creativity and talent can have their full expression and flowering for the benefit of us all because it can no longer be constricted by what human resource is available at the NCIC on a voluntary basis.<\/p>\n

Let me appeal to you to support the appeal for the Divali Nagar to be elevated to national Festival status by Government and given adequate funding to plan ahead on the basis of affordability and certainty. The Nagar must go beyond the concert genre and innovate on new methods of communication.<\/p>\n

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Divali Nagar 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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