Naharlagun, Feb 18: Naharlagun edition of the Festival of Arunachal, Boulevard of Colours, the annual street pageant featuring culture, music, art and cuisines coinciding with 32nd Statehood day of Arunachal Pradesh started on a colourful note here this evening.
The event is spread across three performance stages, with Stage I now dedicated to the BOC Battle Jam. Stage II showcases folk dances and acoustic performances and Stage III l features the bands. The main event of the pageant is the tableau of traditional cultural troupes from all the districts of Arunachal Pradesh.
Folk dance performances by 10 different troupes and performance by the Delhi based singer/songwriter/guitarist originally from Arunachal- Chochung Dema Thongun were crowd pullers on the first day of the event.