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Myagdi. It is reported that a turnover of Rs 100 million was generated at the 8th Myagdi Festival and Provincial-level Agriculture, Tourism, Industrial, and Trade Fair, 2081, organized in Beni.
A total of 230 exhibition halls were set up at the festival, organized by the Myagdi Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the occasion of Maghe Sankranti from last Poush 28 to this Magh 8. Suman Shrestha, Treasurer of the Myagdi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, informed that one lakh people visited the festival and a turnover of Rs 100 million was generated.
‘We have succeeded in doing business and attracting visitors according to our target,’ he said. ‘We have earned about Rs 5 million from ticket sales alone.’ Local, national, international industrial, agricultural and livestock, information technology, clothing, food, and rental products were exhibited at the festival. Free exhibitions were arranged at 30 stalls of local products. Stalls of Nepali paper, bean lentils, garlic, Dhaka cloth, and traditional food dishes were also set up.
The festival featured men’s and women’s volleyball, basketball, folk duet songs, Pukhryauli dance, Ratyauli songs, bhajans, Myagdi Idol solo folk dance competition, and performances of various ethnic groups. Myagdi Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Subin Shrestha said that the festival has helped in attracting investment and stimulating economic activities by highlighting the overall potential of Myagdi.
He informed that the festival is linked to attracting investment in Myagdi’s tourism, agriculture, hydropower, minerals, forest products industries, cultural preservation, talent identification, promotion and sports. Chairman Shrestha said that the festival was organized with the aim of reflecting the importance of Beni, a major trading center on the ancient Silk Road and the Kaligandaki Corridor, known as the ‘Salt Trade Route’ between China and India, and promoting domestic tourism.
Two hundred years ago, people from as far away as China and India used to come to Beni for shopping at the Maghe Sankranti fair. In the same vein, the Newar community of the Kathmandu Valley migrated to Beni and settled here.
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