On June 17, artists from northeast will be travelling to perform at the Handshake Concert at Hanoi, Vietnam. Rida & the Musical Folks, from Meghalaya; Vekhriyi & Vetahulu from Nagaland; Polar Lights from Nagaland along with Charaideo Sanskritik Gosthi from Assam will be the performers from the region participating at the concert. The concert will mark the commemoration of 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Vietnam, celebrates the 10th anniversary of strategic partnership and also the 3rd International Day of Yoga. The Handshake Concert began as a means to celebrate friendship and culture, and promotion of goodwill through music, and has come a long way from where it first began. The idea was born with the World Music Day celebration organised by the Rattle and Hum Music Society, Nagaland under the patronage of Northeast Zone Culture Centre, Government of India on June 21 during 2008 at Shilpgram, Guwahati. “This edition of the Hand Shake Concert is Rattle and Hum Music Society, Nagaland along with Eclectic Northeast, the premier monthly English Magazine of the region published from Assam,” stated a press release received here.
