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Photo exhibition on Kirat dresses
The Chomolungma Unesco Centre (CUC) is organising a photography exhibition, titled Traditional Dresses of the Kirat Rai, at Galleria CUC in Momo Magic, Chakrapath, today.Hari Bangsha Kirat, Tirtha Raj Rai, Nuchchu Hangma Rai, Dipesh Rai, Dipa Rai and Kwan Chhang (We Dharane) are the participating photographers.
The exhibition will be featuring photographs that depict the traditional attires of the Kirat Rai community.
The inaugural day will also see a discussion programme—regarding the dresses that have been photographed—in which Kamaleswor Kumar Sinha, Deputy Secretary General of Nepal National Commision for Unesco; Diwash Rai, Secretary General of Kirat Rai Yayokha; Bhim Nepal, Senior Culture Expert; Bhisan Rai, President of Kirat Rai Journalists Association and Bom Kumari Budha Magar, President of Nepal National Ethnographic Museum, will be participating. The show will commence from 10 in the morning and will be on till July 14. The exhibition has been supported by the National Foundation for Development of Indigenous Nationalities.
CUC is a non-for-profit, non-governmental organisation based in Kathmandu, Nepal. CUC works in the fields of art, literature, culture, heritage and photography.