An invitation to be part of a Global Bihu Celebration -  2009

 

Assamese communities worldwide celebrate Bihu in the same gusto as back home. To showcase the events across the world, a Global Rongali Bihu Sanmilan, is being held in Guwahati towards the end of April 2009. The event will be attended by a huge audience accompanied by well-known personalities of Assam.

 

3 satellite TV channels in Guwahati will cover the event. A live webcast of the event is planned which will be available at all Assam related portals: www.assam.org, www.guwahati.com, www.vedanti.net, etc.

 

The event is being organized by Vedanti.Net, Guwahati 

EVENT date finalised: May 31. 6-11pm IST. Please mail us at babulgogoi@hotmail.com, to receive a FTP login/password.

Here’s what to do to:

  1. Record your event using a Handycam. Transfer the video into your computer, preferably in mpeg format.
  2. Prepare an agenda of the event beforehand and circulate among the participants, guests. A detailed report of the event may be prepared after the event is completed. This should be sent along with the video; copy of the event celebration committee must be attached - this can be prepared like details like
    1. Present members of the committee.
    2. When was the committee formed initially.
    3. The details of the present cultural sequences that was recorded in the video.
    4. Names of participants.
    5. Any milestone of the committee.
  3. Recorded video should not be more than 30 minutes of playing time and should be recorded preferably at HD format or high resolution and correspondingly compressed in mpeg2 format. If any editing is required, it may be done but file attribute should not be made Read-only as further editing may be required at our end.
  4. While recording care should be taken so that
    1. There is enough indoor lighting,
    2. No meaningless panning, jerks or vibration-- better if the camera is kept steady in a stand within 5 meters of the area of presentation
    3. Individual deliberations should be zoomed to half bust position so that the face becomes prominent and occupies at least 60% of camera exposure area.
  5. Please do not try to put text animation or effects on top of video, this normally disturbs the exposure. Preferably, no text / graphics should be embedded on video, we only need clear and clean steady video with noiseless audio.
  6. Send the video to Guwahati: Burn the video into a DVD and it by post or courier to:

    Babul Gogoi
    c/o NEDFi
    Basundhara Enclave
    Ulubari
    Guwahati 781007
    Assam, India

    Phone. 9957411935.

    It takes about  5/7 days for delivery to Guwahati from many destinations around the  world. Fedex, USPS, DHL are some reliable courier services.

 

Optional:

 

Bihu Greetings

 

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