Flash mob held at university premises

During a nice and busy noon at Mohakhali BRAC University premises, a dance group emerged with traditional attire and a flash mob was performed by Prantik Deb and his team on Tuesday marking the ‘BRAC Hope Festival 2023’.

The other two flash mobs will take place on the North South University campus on Thursday (26 January) at 12 pm and at the Aarong flagship store in Tejgaon on 3 February (Friday) at 5 pm, said a press release.

All three flash mobs have been composed and choreographed following the theme song BRAC has launched marking BRAC’s 50 years of igniting hope. The theme song, performed by renowned artists from Bangladesh, illustrates BRAC’s 50 years of partnership with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty to create opportunities to realise human potential. The song is available on Youtube at this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sih7Og4-30

Prantik Deb, a student of the Drama & Dramatics department of Jahangirnagar University is a specialist in Bharatanatyam. He started learning Bharatanatyam from Anisul Islam Hero, director of Srishti Cultural Centre since 2014. Alongside, he also learned from renowned dance masters like Indian Leela Samson, CV Chandrasekhar and Rajdeep Banerjee.

BRAC Hope Festival aims at igniting hope and inspiration among the young generation of Bangladesh. With this spirit, each day is designed with programmes and performances with a particular theme. “A tribute to Bangladesh”, “Power of potential”, and “Building a world we want” will be the themes for the first, second, and third day, respectively. Education, economic empowerment, gender equality, climate change, and mental health are the key focus areas of all the programmes, sessions, and performances in this festival.

Hope Festival will open with the national anthem at 5 pm on February 9 with the theme “A tribute to Bangladesh”.