India- Brazil to host cultural festivals in 2008

New Delhi, May 15 (UNI) The Indo-Brazil Joint Working Group (JWG) has decided to hold the Brazil cultural festival in India from January to March 2008 and the Indian cultural festival in Brazil from July to September 2008, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jairam announced in the Lok Sabha today.

He said the festival of Brazil in India will be held in four major cities of Chenni, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. The expenditure to be incurred will be firmed up on case-to-case basis.

The Ministry of Culture will organise the festivals through agencies such as Indira Gandhi National Centre for Art, Lalit Kala Akedami, National School of Drama, Sangeet Natak Akedami and Sahitya Akedami, he said.

Mr Ramesh said other than Brazil such cultural festivals on reciprocal basis have been proposed with countries like Poland, Egypt and Russia.

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