New Delhi, November 11 2009: A cultural troupe consisting of 20 members from Myanmar is arriving Kolkata from Yangon on November 27 to perform their cultural dances at Kohima, Imphal and Guwahati in the North East India under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) and the Embassy of Union of Myanmar, New Delhi.

The cultural troupe will reach Kohima on the next day and stay for three days in Nagaland.

During their visit in Nagaland, they will perform their items in the Inaugural function of Hornbill Festival at Kohima on December 1 .

The Myanmarese troupe will reach Imphal on the next day and will give their performance in Imphal on December 3 .

On the next day, they will leave for Guwahati and perform their dance items in Guwahati on December 5.The cultural troupe will leave Kolkata for Yangon on December 7 .

To work out the logistics for successful visit and performances of the cultural troupe from Myanmar to North Eastern states of Nagaland, Manipur and Assam in the first week of December, the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of DoNER Jayashree Mukherjee today convened a meeting at the Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, Maulana Azad Road here.

The meeting was attended by the representatives from Assam, Nagaland and Manipur, Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) and the Embassy of the Union of Myanmar, New Delhi.

.PBharat Singh, Commissioner (Culture) from Manipur attended the meeting.

The meeting decided to appoint one Interpreter of the Myanmar Cultural Troupe as stand-by by the respective State Governments.

State Governments will appoint one Liaison Officer for receiving them with formal welcome.

Performance venue and the time will be selected in advance.

Their performance should be with the performances of local cultural troupes.

Elaborate arrangement will be made for drawing huge crowd by way of advance publicity and media coverage.

Either the Chief Minister or the Culture Minister of the States concerned will inaugurate the performance.

The State Government in consultation with the Ministry of DoNER and North Eastern Council will arrange transport, accommodation and security of the visiting troupe.

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