Open House program at Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC

UsaNewsOnline.Com : Thousands of enthusiastic foreigners visited Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC on Saturday May 7 marking the day-long “Open House” program.

The US Department of State proclaimed the event as International Cultural Awareness month in honor of Cultural Tourism DC’s “Passport DC” in May.

Visitors from all over the USA and other countries joined the “Open House” program organized in collaboration with Cultural Tourism DC, a Washington-based nonprofit organization.

The program was aimed at showcasing cultural diversity through holding of such events in liaison with the foreign embassies in Washington DC. As many as 50 embassies from Africa, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and the Americas participated in the program with artists and artisans, performers, lecturers, teachers, and others provide a range of educational and cultural programming.

Participants experienced food, art, dance, fashion, and music of different countries.

This was the ninth consecutive year that this cultural program was organized in the Bangabandhu auditorium of the chancery building.

Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA Mohammad Ziauddin and all officers of the embassy welcomed the guests.

The ‘Open House’ program included display of Bangladesh’s handicrafts, tourism destinations, historical places and cultural program.

The Bangladesh Embassy availed the opportunity of exhibiting Bangladesh’s rich culture and heritage as well as Bangladesh’s contribution to peacekeeping missions under the United Nations. Local artists performed folk songs and dances. The visitors took keen interest in the display of a three wheeler ‘Rickshaw’, a popular mode of transport in Bangladesh while youngsters in henna demonstration. The visitors also enjoyed traditional Bangladeshi cuisine.

More than three thousand visitors visited the Embassy at the Open House program from 10 am to 4pm.