Welcome to Octave 2008

………..A cultural extravaganza of North East

It is a well known fact that the North Eastern states in India are rich in terms of cultural _expressions but the rest of India is hardly exposed to their culture, tradition and artistic _expressions. With the objective of introducing the cultural heritage all the eight States of Norh East namely Assam, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur and Sikkim to other parts of the country, Octave was started in 2006 and is being celebrated every year as a major cultural exchange program by the Department of culture, Govt of India. This year, Kerala has the special privilege of hosting Octave 2008( popularized as Astagam 2008 in Malayalam) from 16 ^th to 23^rd February at Nishaganthi stadium in Kanakakunnu premises, Thiruvananthapuram.

South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur being the nodal agency, started various preparatory arrangements in coordination with North East and Eastern Zonal Cultural Centres, Ministry of Culture , Govt of Kerala and with organizations like Central and Kerala state Sangeetha Nataka Akademy, Lalith Kala Acadmy and Sahitya Academies. In addition to showcasing 10 Dance forms sponsored by North East Zonal Cultural Centre and 9 Dance forms sponsored by Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, events related to Art, Music, Food show from the NE will also be taken up in capital city, Thiruvananthapuram while the painting exhibition, organised by the Lalit Kala Akademi will be held at Kochin State Gallery. There would also be workshops/seminars and screening of films from the North-Eastern states and Kerala state at Trissur. Theatre performances of North East arranged by Sangeetah Natak Academy, New Delhi and combining Kerala cultural events with North East Evens is the highlight of Octave 2008.

This web site will be launched shortly to provide live information of various developments about Octave 2008 on hourly basis in addition to having space for the related to NE cultural themes and this site can be used by everybody for better communication and clarifications.

With regards

K.V. Giridhar

Director, South Zone Cultural Centre, Tanjavur


	Welcome to Octave 2008 ………..A cultural extravaganza of North East It is a well known fact that the North Eastern states in India are rich in terms of cultural _expressions but the rest of India is hardly exposed to their culture, tradition and artistic _expressions. With the objective of introducing the cultural heritage all the eight States of Norh East namely Assam, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur and Sikkim to other parts of the country, Octave was started in 2006 and is being celebrated every year as a major cultural exchange program by the Department of culture, Govt of India. This year, Kerala has the special privilege of hosting Octave 2008( popularized as Astagam 2008 in Malayalam) from 16 ^th to 23^rd February at Nishaganthi stadium in Kanakakunnu premises, Thiruvananthapuram. South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur being the nodal agency, started various preparatory arrangements in coordination with North East and Eastern Zonal Cultural Centres, Ministry of Culture , Govt of Kerala and with organizations like Central and Kerala state Sangeetha Nataka Akademy, Lalith Kala Acadmy and Sahitya Academies. In addition to showcasing 10 Dance forms sponsored by North East Zonal Cultural Centre and 9 Dance forms sponsored by Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, events related to Art, Music, Food show from the NE will also be taken up in capital city, Thiruvananthapuram while the painting exhibition, organised by the Lalit Kala Akademi will be held at Kochin State Gallery. There would also be workshops/seminars and screening of films from the North-Eastern states and Kerala state at Trissur. Theatre performances of North East arranged by Sangeetah Natak Academy, New Delhi and combining Kerala cultural events with North East Evens is the highlight of Octave 2008. This web site will be launched shortly to provide live information of various developments about Octave 2008 on hourly basis in addition to having space for the related to NE cultural themes and this site can be used by everybody for better communication and clarifications. With regards K.V. Giridhar Director, South Zone Cultural Centre, Tanjavur

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