World Bamboo Day 2020 Global Celebration
Co-hosted from India by Prof. Nirmala Chongtham and Dr. Santosh Oinam
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World Bamboo Day 2020 Global Celebration
Prof. Nirmala Chongtham, World Bamboo Ambassador from Department of Botany, Panjab University Chandigarh, hosted a live streaming session representing India on Global World Bamboo Day celebration organized by the World Bamboo Organization, USA on 18th September 2020.
The online 24 hour live streaming involved around 14 countries starting from Boston, USA by WBO Executive Director, Susanne Lucas and moving on to India, Vietnam, Philippines, Europe, South America and culminating in Taiwan, host of the upcoming World Bamboo Congress, 2021.
World Bamboo Day 2020 : Bamboo shoot Ooti
Prof. Nirmala along with Dr. Oinam Santosh, highlighted the nutritional and medicinal value of bamboo shoots and also demonstrated how to cook Manipuri usoi ooti and bamboo shoot puri and muffin.
Usoi cookies made by our team were launched in the World Bamboo Congress, Korea in 2015.
World Bamboo Day 2020 : Bamboo shoot biscuits
All the countries highlighted bamboo activities carried out in their respective countries which involved construction, plantation, beverages, bikes, boats, airplane parts, ecotourism, pop up houses etc.
This is the first time that the World Bamboo Day was celebrated together globally.
Link attached is the full live streaming coverage in YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH1Bz_RaEfk&t=10686s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxuwLWBNqrY
World Bamboo Day 2020 : Bamboo shoot muffin
* Santosh Oinam sent this report to e-pao.net
The writer can be contacted at santosh(DOT)oinam(AT)gmail(DOT)com
This article was webcasted on September 20 2020.
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