R-Day: Indian students to present folk dances of ASEAN region

January 17, 2018 19:14

In a visual treat, Kathak and folk dances of Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and other countries will be seen together this Republic Day, as a group

of students of a school here will perform during the parade, marking the Indo-ASEAN ties.

They will be among the 770 students who will take part in the grand celebration at Rajpath on January 26.

In an unprecedented event, leaders from the 10 ASEAN members -- Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, Laos and Brunei -- will be the chief guests in the Republic Day celebrations.

"A total of 150 of students from the Mount Abu Public School in Delhi's Rohini, will present a colourful performance, dressed in the traditional attire of the 10 countries. Some of them would also be in Indian costume,

representing the 25 years of partnership of India with ASEAN," a senior official said today.

-- PTI

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