Bangla Academy felicitates rickshaw painters for gaining UNESCO recognition

Felicitating the rickshaw painters in Dhaka whose works have made rickshaw and rickshaw paintings recognised as the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity at the 18th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, Bangla Academy hosted a reception ceremony on Tuesday, reports UNB.
Chaired by Bangla Academy president Selina Hossain, the event was joined by state minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid as the chief guest and Cultural Affairs secretary Khalil Ahmed as the special guest.
Bangla Academy director general Poet Muhammad Nurul Huda delivered the welcome address, while the first secretary of the Bangladesh Embassy in France Walid Bin Quashem and the academy's director of Folklore Museum and Treasury Department Dr Aminur Rahman Sultan participated in the discussion.
A total of 111 rickshaw painters were awarded certificates, felicitations-memorials and Tk 10,000 per person, at the event. The award and prize money were given on behalf of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs by the chief guest, special guest and president and director general of Bangla Academy.
In addition, Bangla Academy's recent publication 'Rickshaws and Rickshaw Art in Dhaka' album and Dr Aminur Rahman Sultan's authored book 'Dhaka Zilla'r Lokosangskriti' (Folklore of the Dhaka District) was unveiled at the ceremony.