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Antu festival kicks off

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ILAM, Nov 30: A three-day Antu Festival kicked off Monday in Antu, the site famous for viewing sunrise and sunset of Ilam. Antu Tourism Development Center has been organising the festival for the past seven years.[break]



The center held an interaction on the festival on Saturday. Local political leaders, employees of the government offices and common people were present in the programme.



Kanchanjunga Himal, beautiful scenery of the rising and the setting sun, Antu Pokhari (pond), a museum belonging to the Lapcha community and caves can be observed from the site locating in between Shreeantu and Samalubung.



The fest will be concluded amidst a musical programme on Tuesday, said the center´s chairman Dhan Kumar Ale. Noted national artistes including Rajesh Payal Rai, Mausami Gurung and Manoj Gajurel are scheduled to take part in the programme, he informed.



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