Minister Badu stresses on preservation of Gaura festival

Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dilendra Prasad Badu has stressed the need for all to come together to promote and conserve Gaura, a Hindu festival celebrated in parts of the country including Sudurpaschim Province.

The minister pointed out the equal role of all federal, provincial and local governments to conserve the country's indigenous culture and festivals including Gaura. The minister was addressing an event organised here on Saturday by the Prasamsha Protection Group on the occasion of the Gaura festival, 2079. The government is committed to protecting and conserving the Gaura festival and Deuda culture, the identity marker of Nepal, he said.

Similarly, Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security, Sher Bahadur Kunwar underscored the need for conserving the festival while CPN (UML) leader Bhim Bahadur Rawal laid emphasis on the conservation of the country's arts, culture and language. Former minister Chandra Dev Joshi, Nepali Congress leader Ramesh Lekhak, lawmaker Nira Devi Jairu and CPN (Maoist Center) leader Khagaraj Bhatta expressed the hope that the festival would strengthen mutual love, faith and relations among all Nepali people having different ethnicities, languages and cultures. The Gaura festival was observed on Saturday.

Photo from: Nepalinfo