Assam: 5th Kaziranga Elephant Festival from January 4

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5th Kaziranga Elephant Festival from January 4

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JORHAT, Dec 5: The stage is set for the fifth edition of the Kaziranga

Elephant Festival which promises to be a grander event than what it

had been before.

A high-level meeting was held at the Kohora range of the Kaziranga

National Park today to discuss the preparations for the jumbo festival.

Forest and Tourism Minister Rockybul Hussain chaired the meeting which

was attended by the top brass of the State Tourism, Forest and Finance

departments and the district administrations of Golaghat and Nagaon

districts.

Briefing The Sentinel later, Press Adviser to the Chief Minister Debo

Kumar Bora, who was also present at the meeting, said that the

festival would be held at the centenary park over four days from

January 4. On the inaugural day, the exhibition stalls of the

self-help groups in the form of a mela will be inaugurated at the

festival venue.

Bora pointed out that the festival proper would commence with a jumbo

procession on January 5. Folk dancers and members of other ethnic

groups will follow the bedecked elephants in traditional outfit and

gear. This eye-catching spectacle will be flagged off by the State

Forest Minister.

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is slated to open the meeting later in the

day. A seminar on eco-tourism and biodiversity will be held on January 6.

The other fare at the jumbo festival will be a food mart displaying

traditional Asomiya food and other ethnic cuisine.