The events are being organised by the Bangladesh High Commission, the Society for the Promotion of Bangladesh Art, and the George Keyts Foundation of Sri Lanka. Hamidullah has pioneered artistic activity at the Bangladesh High Commission in Colombo. On arrival in Sri Lanka, he saw tremendous potential for forging cultural links between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, even though at that time few in Sri Lanka knew that the culture of Muslim-majority Bangladesh is the culture of Bengal, with which Sri Lanka has had a close link since ancient times. “Bengal and Sri Lanka share the same passion for the flute,” Hamidullah observed. That applies to Sri Lanka artists too, where the local rich and wealthy foreigners are now a lucrative market.

Source: bd News24 March 18, 2019 18:33 UTC