KATHMANDU – Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said that art has promoted international harmony. Concluding the ‘Mundum International Art Exhibition’ here today, the PM said the exhibition has hugely contributed to expand Nepal’s art and culture at the international level.
“The arts kept in the exhibition are unique. This promotes international harmony. This is very important to expand Nepal’s arts and culture at the international arena,” PM Prachanda added.
According to the PM’s Secretariat, the PM praised the artists for their contributions in uplifting the nation’s pride through their arts.
Stating that Nepal is a naturally beautiful and unique country, the PM sated that the mountains, rivers, falls and forests here are artistic in their nature. The artists transform such beauties in the form of art by giving concrete shapes, the PM added. “I have realized that the message given by this (art) is very much powerful,” the PM said.
More than 170 paintings of painters from 50 different countries were put on display in the exhibition organised at Nepal Art Council in Kathmandu by Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhi Municipality of Khotang district.
The organizer said that the expo was organised with an objective to promoting tourism by highlighting geographical, religious, cultural and tourism diversities.
