93.5 RED FM, yesterday announced the return of ‘Dugga Dugga Festival’, the biggest online music fiesta that will showcase Bengal’s iconic Du...
93.5 RED FM, yesterday announced the return of ‘Dugga Dugga Festival’, the biggest online music fiesta that will showcase Bengal’s iconic Durga Puja. The event will be streamed online on the RED FM Bangla YouTube channel on October 9, 2021 at 6 PM.
The event will have Sujoy
Prasad Chatterjee as the festival guide along with performances by
renowned Bengali artists like Kaushiki
Chakraborty, Raghab
Chatterjee and Jayati
Chakraborty. Durga Puja in Bengal is not just observed as a religious
festival but is also celebrated with utmost grandiose. However, the festivities
have been kept low ever since the outbreak of the pandemic, which has affected
many people, included the idol-makers who have been hit the hardest. RED FM has
decided to support these artisans of Kumartuli by raising funds in
collaboration with ImpactGuru,
a donation-based crowdfunding platform.
Nisha Narayanan, director and COO, RED FM and
Magic FM, said, “The experience of Durga puja cannot be expressed in words. It’s
an emotion that people experience. However, this year's celebrations are a
little different with the ongoing restrictions of the pandemic. We are happy to
bring the festive cheer with another edition of ‘Dugga Dugga Festival’. In
addition to the festivities, this year we are focussing on artisans of
Kumartuli whose main source of income comes from the Durga idols. The
livelihood of these artisans are surrounded by uncertainties and to help them
overcome this crisis, we have collaborated with ImpactGuru to raise funds. ‘Dugga Dugga
Festival’ is our humble effort to sends a message that perhaps what really
matters most during a pandemic is a community coming together against all odds
and helping each other while also enjoying the festivities.”
With experiences like ‘adda’ with the cultural who’s who of Bengal &
RJ Praveen interacting with the artisans of Kumartuli, Dugga Dugga festival
plans to evoke nostalgia and unravel the puja for all Bengali and non-Bengali
communities across the globe.
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