Chirang: The third edition of the 12-day 'Dwijing Festival', a river tourism project of the Assam government, began on Friday in Chirang district. 'Dwijing' meaning river bank, the festival covers areas around the river Aie which focuses on business and income generation for the local people through rural tourism.
The river Aie, meaning 'Mother', originates from the Himalayas of Bhutan flowing through Chirang and Bongaigaon districts before meeting the river Brahmaputra. The Aie plays a vital role in the lives of people of the area.
The venue of the various events of the festival centres around the Hagrama bridge, the longest rural river bridge in the state.
The festival would showcase ethnic trade, cuisine, culture, games and sports, exhibitions, adventure sports, river rafting, helicopter rides and cultural programmes to make it a centre of attraction for the visitors as a New Year event.
Leading Bollywood artistes such as Malaika Arora Khan, Himesh Reshammiya, Kailash Kher, Amit Trivedi, Shweta Pandit and a galaxy of stars are expected to perform during the 12-day festival.
The festival is being organised jointly by Assam's tourism department, Assam Tourism Development Corporation (ATDC) and Bodoland Tourism.
The festival would focus on contemporary attractions of Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) - Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baska and Udalguri.
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