Bangladesh embassy in the Hague has left no stone unturned to display the culture of the South Asian country when Local Municipal Council organised “Embassy Festival” in the middle of the city.
This year Bangladesh’s participation was expanded into two pavilions displaying glimpses of Bangladesh’s cultural and culinary diversity, says a press release.
Beautifully decorated with Bangladesh’s diverse cultural motifs, artifacts, flags, festoons, and displayable exportable, the pavilions were found crowded most of the time.
A pavilion was added this year to put on display Bangladeshi handicrafts, hand-embroidered items, jamdani saree, crafted clay items, brassware, jute and leather products and other traditional items typically made by rural women.
This is the fourth successive time Bangladesh Pavilion was there in the mosaic of diverse diplomatic community in the Netherlands.
The highlight of the day was a musical rendering of a typical Bangladeshi wedding by a group of women from Bangladesh community.
Bangladesh musical group was among the selected few who were allowed to perform at the Embassy Festivals central stage.
The show was enjoyed by hundreds of people and by popular demand, Bangladesh’s musical group repeated their show few times to the rousing cheers from crowd.
Ambassador Sheikh Mohammed Belal and his spouse were busy in receiving Ambassadors, diplomats as well as leading Dutch dignitaries in the Bangladesh pavilions.
As the festival is extensively covered in the Dutch media, it is also an opportunity for Bangladesh to beam out its culture to the Dutch people.
A total of 67 embassies put up their pavilions turning The Hague into a huge montage of global cultural festival.