The most vibrant cultural event of Arunachal Pradesh, Tawang Festival is back this year! Scheduled to take place in October, the event is a four-day fiesta that will feature the best of the state’s music, art and culture. By Anushka Goel
Tawang Festival, among the most vibrant cultural fiestas in Arunachal Pradesh, is back with another edition. The eighth edition is scheduled to be held in the hilly destination from October 28 to 31, 2022, and will be a vibrant, fun event.
Tawang Festival: All you need to know
Festival director Tseten Chombay, during the preliminary meeting of the Tawang Festival, spoke more about the same, saying that no compromises will be made in the preparation and execution of the festival this time. The festival is happening after a two-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and no stone will be left unturned to make it an event worth watching out for. Chombay added that he has proposed hosting village tours for visitors, to be able to encourage villagers to adopt a self-sustenance mechanism, media reports suggest.
The festival is a roadmap of the state’s government towards its aim of achieving sustainable tourism, reports state. Tsering Tashi, the legislator of Tawang, said, “The festival should be commercialised now so that the unemployed youths and others can take the benefit of the platform provided to them during the three-day event,” writes North East Today.
The village tour programme is also slated to add to local village income and push them towards sustenance in the near future, but for now, publicity and facilitation of tourists will be taken care of by the festival committee, reports state. Talks are on with stakeholders to make Tawang Festival a smooth, comfortable and fun ride, where people will be introduced to the ways of the locals, mountain life, food, culture, music, arts, dance and a whole lot more.
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Anushka Goel
Digital Features Writer
Anushka has previously worked with publications such as the Times of India and Being Indian. A graduate from Xavier Institute of Communications, she specialises in entertainment, food and travel. She also likes to write about sustainability and beauty. When not working, you can catch her reading a book, tending to her plants, cooking or playing an instrument.
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