The National Council for Culture, Arts, and Letters (NCCAL) inaugurated Sunday the Indian Cultural Heritage exhibition, held, at Kuwait National Museum (KNM) on Arabian Gulf St., Kuwait City, in cooperation with the Indian Embassy, as part of the cultural summer festival. At a simple opening ceremony at the museum gallery, Mohammad Al-Asousi, Deputy Secretary General at NCCAL, cut the ribbon to officially open the festival in presence of , Indian Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Shubashis Golda, A K Srivastava, second secretary, Press, Information and Culture, Dr Susheel Kumar, Second Secretary (Political, Economic & Commercial) and other top NCCAL officials and dignitaries.
The 12-day event would help the audience be acquainted with the diversity of India's cultural heritage.
Al-Asousi affirmed the Council's keenness on bringing musical and artistic shows of these countries to enrich such a festivity, and give the audience an opportunity to see an aspect of the Kuwaiti-Indian cultural ties.
He also expressed pleasure of hosting the Indian exhibition which highlights Indian culture through photographs, handicrafts, and musical shows from different Indian regions, including the traditional Indian dance performances. Five Indian cinematic films will be shown during the festivity as well, Al-Asousi noted.
For his part, Shri A K Srivastava, Second Secretary of Information, Press, and Culture at the Embassy of India, spoke about the depth of relations between Kuwaiti and Indian people, which dates back to centuries-long.
Hosting such an event is an embodiment to this solid and historic relation, he said.
The opening ceremony included performance of three Indian folklore dances. The performance carried out highly-skilled dancers who displayed harmony between their moves and the expressional music.
The ceremony also included various collections of famous Indian classic music, as well as various musical instruments played by distinctive players.
The festival will be held till 4th September 2014 at the Kuwait National Museum (opposite Kuwait National Library on Arabian Gulf Street). The timings of the cultural exhibition are from 8.30 A.M. to 12.30 P.M. and again from 4.30 P.M. to 8.30 P.M during the above period. The entry to the Exhibition as well as Films is free.