Anuradhapura district annual Literary Festival

Walter Dayarathne Anuradhapura Dist.Spl. Corr

Anuradhapura district annual Literary Festival will be held on September 10 and 11 at Tirappane Divisional Secretariat Office on a grand scale.

According to District Assit. Cultural Director. D.M.W. Kumaradasa the festival is being organised by the Cultural Department in conjunction with Anuradhapura District Secretariat and Tirappane Divisional Secretariat Offices.

Guests of honour will be the North Central Province, Governor, Karunaratna Divulgane, Chief Minister Berty Premalal Dissanayake and Petroleum Resources Minister Duminda Dissanayaka.

A program on lyrical creations will be held on September 10. Lyricists Mahinda Dissanayaka, Ranjith Wijewickrama, Karunaratna Jayathilaka and Milinda Weerakoon will participate.

While Minister Duminda Dissanayaka will deliver the invitees' speech, the key speech will be delivered by Senior Lecturer Attanayake M. Herath.

A Kavi Maduwa and dancing performances by Meemalwewa Kalayathanaya are also lined up on the same day. Anuradhapura District Secretary H.M.K. Herath and Asst. Cultural Director D.M.W. Kumaradasa also will speak.

The following day a cultural pageant and a Gee Rasa Vindana program on lyrical creations by Rambanda Seneviratna with the participation of Lyricist Mahinda Chandrasekara, Ratna K. Premasiri and Rajith Rupasinghe will be held.

Vocalist Premawardena Kapuge will make some renditions to this program.

On the final day guests of honour, Governor Karunaratna Divulgane, Chief Minister Berty Premalal Dissanayake and Additional District Secretary R.K. Premasiri, Tirappane Divisional Secretary H.M.J.M. Herath will address the gathering.