Winners of the Young Talented Artists Award 2013-2014 with Assam Governor and NEZCC officials.
Guwahati, May 11 (MExN): 19 young talented artists of the North East region were awarded the Young Talented Artists Award 2013-2014 for North East Region on May 10 at Shilpgram, Guwahati. The award is given by the North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC), Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The awards were presented by Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Governor of Assam in a solemn and impressive function, informed a press release received here.
The young artists were awarded for their outstanding contribution in various disciplines and recognizing their talents in a bid to encourage them to take forward their inherited art forms for posterity. The young awardees from all the North Eastern States were selected considering their commendable skills and merits under the Scheme administered by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India for the North East Region in order to give the required impetus and take the culture of the North East to a new dimension, stated the note. Broadly, awards were offered in the categories of Traditional Musical Instruments, Traditional Martial Arts, Arts, Crafts, Pottery, Toy/Mat Making and Painting.
Lipokmar Tzudir, Director, NEZCC in his introductory speech reminded the awardees that the region needs to stake its claim in the overall understanding of the nation’s rich cultural heritage and to maintain the momentum they have gained in their chosen field of art & culture for creating cultural consciousness and a favorable environment for the development and promotion of the same in the region. He also asserted the role of North East Zone Cultural Centre in facilitating promotion and projection of arts and culture of the region with the assistance of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
Governor of Assam in his address congratulated the young awardees and exhorted them to be the ambassadors of the culture of the North East India and maintain their excellence in their chosen field even outside the North East India to promote and disseminate the culture of the people of this region. The Governor also inspected the works of the awardees, put up on a day-long exhibition and expressed his immense happiness and appreciation for their skill and expertise.
The evening also saw the vibrant performances of the awardees, added the note.
