CM Golay attends Himalayan Folk Festival

SILIGURI: Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang attended the Himalayan Folk Festival in Siliguri on January 11.
The three-day celebration of ethnic music, culture and heritage saw the performance of varied artists. The event was a finale of the three months long Pan Himalayan Ethnic Singing Competition where Soney Toto from Totopara, West Bengal was the winner. Phutti Sherpa from Ilam, Nepal was first runner up and Sarnu Ram from Himachal Pradesh was second runner up.
During the event, Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang released the book ‘Mouri’ by late Abhi Chandra Mothay. An introduction of Concept of HCM (audio video) ‘Mero Rukh Mero Santati‘was also made during the course of the event.
The ‘Warnamala Pariwar’ took this opportunity to felicitate Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, Ugen Chopel, Mohan Rai, Thendup Norbu, Garjan Kumar Mallik, Narendra Kumar Tamang, Ramesh Chettri, Bikey Pradhan, Matt Keegan and singers from Warnamala Pariwar.
Deoashish Mothey, the founder of Warnamala Pariwar, member of cross cultural ‘The Three Seas’ band and the organiser of The Himalayan Folk Festival thanked the Chief Minister for his guidance and support and for encouraging the event.