By Our Correspodent
DUBAI/BHUBANESWAR: United Arab Emirates Nuakhai Bhetghat 2022 preparation meeting was organized on 15th Jul 2022 by Nuakhai Paribar UAE. People across different emirates joined the meeting. An outline was prepared for the upcoming Nuakhai Bhet Ghat to be held on 11th Sept 2022 at Dubai. The Nuakhai Paribar UAE, have been celebrating “Nuakhai” Festival in UAE since 2014, Organisers Abani Kumar Meher and Duryodhan Padhan said.
It was discussed to have a full day cultural event followed by dance, song and drama by inhouse talent with odia traditional food. Because of the uniqueness of the event and the performances, there is tremendous amount of enthusiasm and excitement among the Odia Community in the UAE and a huge crowd is expected. Nuakhai Paribar UAE takes this opportunity to invite some personalities from Odisha who have contributed significantly to the development of our motherland and her culture and recognize them for their effort.
‘NUAKHAI’ is an agricultural festival mainly observed by people of Odisha in India. It is observed to welcome the new rice of the season. The word ‘Nua’ means New and ‘Khai’ means Food, so the name “Nuakhai” means the farmers are in possession of the newly harvested rice.
