A daylong cake festival organized by District Administration and Woman affair’s department, was held at Narail Shilpakala Academypremises on Monday in festive mood.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Narail Sharmin Akhter Jahan inaugurated the cake festival at 11:30 am as chief guest.Among others-Narail Sadar UNO Sanchita Biswas,district Social welfare deputy director Mizannur Rahman,district Woman affair’s deputy director Mousumi Mojumder were present on the occasion.
The objective of the festival is to introduce the people with the country made pitha-pulis and to make it popular to the people, sources said.
A good number of entrepreneurs particularly the female ones set up their stalls where various types of country made cakes (pithas) were exhibited for the visitors. In the afternoon, the festival was turned into a fair when a large number of people from all walks of life thronged the fair ground.
District Woman affair’s deputy director Mousumi Mojumder, said the entrepreneurs were inspired from the festival and they would arrange the festival for the people in future.