Art workshop organized to promote Mundum trail

Bhojpur, May 22: Artists have captured the features of the Mundum trail, which the government has declared one of the 100 must-visit tourist destinations.

Twenty national artists depicted the features of the Mundum trail through their artwork in the National Art Workshop organised at Temkemaiyung for its promotion. The artists drew the paintings of the red panda seen in the Mundum trekking trail, Tayama Khiyama, which is connected with the culture of the Kirant community, and Chindo, the costume of locals, in a three-day workshop.

Chairperson of Temkemaiyung rural municipality, Saroj Basnet, said the workshop was organised to develop, promote and publicise the Mundum trekking route through painting. They have also set a target of establishing the Mundum trekking route as the centre of yoga and meditation, he opined.

The paintings drawn in the workshop would be exhibited in Kathmandu. The three-day workshop concluded on Wednesday in the presence of the Chancellor of the Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, Naradmuni Hartamchhali. Chancellor Hartamchhali shared that the workshop would help preserve art and culture, along with publicity of the Mundum trail.