The one-hour show organised by the state government on Red Road on Thursday to thank and felicitate Unesco representatives for inscribing Durga Puja of Calcutta on its Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity was a colourful affair.
Representing Unesco on the stage were Eric Falt, the director and representative of the Unesco cluster office in Delhi, and Tim Curtis, secretary of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, who flew in from Paris.
The duo were felicitated by the Forum for Durgotsab, the three major football clubs of the city — ATK Mohun Bagan, East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting — the Cricket Association of Bengal, and, of course, the state government.
Unesco cluster director and representative Eric Falt reads his interview carried in t2 on Sunday
June was the emcee. With her on announcement duty was information and cultural affairs secretary Santanu Basu
Tim Curtis (extreme left) and Eric Falt accept the felicitation from officials of the Cricket Association of Bengal and the Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sourav Ganguly
Sayantika Banerjee and Subhashree Ganguly star in a group dance in front of the stage
ATK Mohun Bagan officials along with Sourav Ganguly hand over a painting of the goddess in a boat, which is part of the club’s logo
A 'sholar saaj' Durga idol gifted by East Bengal club officials