Arunachal govt to set up regional culture centre

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki today said the government is contemplating setting up a regional cultural centre here soon to preserve the cultural mosaic of the state, which is home to a diverse tribes and multilingual communities.
"The proposed center will provide a platform to all the tribes to preserve and promote their diverse culture besides creating employment opportunities to the unemployed youths," he told the fifth general conference of Arunachal Artistes Forum (AAF) at Nirjuli, 20 km from here.
The chief minister also announced a corpus fund of Rs 50 lakh for AAF.
Besides preserving and maintaining the cultural mosaic, there was also urgent need to introspect on preserving the indigenous dialects, Tuki said and called upon the artists to not only shoulder the responsibility but also to showcase and pass it on to the younger generation to emulate.

Admitting that not much had been done for the welfare of artists in the state, Tuki said the government is committed to see that the artists gets a right platform to showcase their talents.
He referred to the upcoming National Institute for Film and Television in the state and said with it the state would have lot of artists and experts in art field.
"We need to provide avenues to our local youths who are already engaged in this field. We have therefore launched a scheme of financial assistance for film production for which fund of Rs 1 crore has been earmarked. This will not only engage our artists but will provide them employment opportunities."

The first North East Film festival would be held in the state this year, he added.