GUWAHATI: Once a hotbed of Bodo insurgency ravaged by way of militancy and ethnic violence since the 1990s, Bengtol, in Chirang district close to the Indo-Bhutan border, has now produced a school brass band staff which is the primary ever from the state to be decided on for participation in the Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi.
The young band contributors, all scholars of Bengtol Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, have set an instance of transformation from being victims of insurgency to flag-bearers of patriotism. The band has been sweating it out in the nationwide capital in the previous couple of days to leave a mark of perfection at the celebrations the place 10 ASEAN international locations have confirmed their participation as visitors of honour to commemorate 25 years of close ties with the southeast Asian bloc. "Tears welled up in my eyes when I saw the young team performing and that too in such a distant corner of the country," said famous educationist and provincial of the Guwahati Salesian Province, Fr VM Thomas, the person in the back of the theory of constituting the brass band staff comprising boys and girls.
The 45-cadet band noticed a ravishing rise in just two years after its formation in 2016. The rehearsals are on in complete swing now as expectancies could be top as they marching past with drums, trumpets and band instruments in front of VIPs and VVIPs. The band got here into the limelight when it stuck everyone's creativeness at the state-level Republic Day celebrations. Impressed with their efficiency, leader minister Sarbananda Sonowal was willing to provide them a larger platform.
As most of the contributors are from the sufferer families of insurgency or ethnic conflict, Fr Thomas expressed hope that the adolescence brigade-mostly comprising Bodo youths-can rightly be referred to as the messengers of peace and solidarity. "Not a single family from Bengtol was untouched by insurgency that was at its peak in the 1990s. Many of the participants have seen how violence ravaged the Bodo-insurgency hit areas in western Assam. It's heartening that from such an erstwhile bastion of militancy, the youngsters have come forward to contribute towards nation-building," said Thomas.
The young band contributors, all scholars of Bengtol Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, have set an instance of transformation from being victims of insurgency to flag-bearers of patriotism. The band has been sweating it out in the nationwide capital in the previous couple of days to leave a mark of perfection at the celebrations the place 10 ASEAN international locations have confirmed their participation as visitors of honour to commemorate 25 years of close ties with the southeast Asian bloc. "Tears welled up in my eyes when I saw the young team performing and that too in such a distant corner of the country," said famous educationist and provincial of the Guwahati Salesian Province, Fr VM Thomas, the person in the back of the theory of constituting the brass band staff comprising boys and girls.
The 45-cadet band noticed a ravishing rise in just two years after its formation in 2016. The rehearsals are on in complete swing now as expectancies could be top as they marching past with drums, trumpets and band instruments in front of VIPs and VVIPs. The band got here into the limelight when it stuck everyone's creativeness at the state-level Republic Day celebrations. Impressed with their efficiency, leader minister Sarbananda Sonowal was willing to provide them a larger platform.
As most of the contributors are from the sufferer families of insurgency or ethnic conflict, Fr Thomas expressed hope that the adolescence brigade-mostly comprising Bodo youths-can rightly be referred to as the messengers of peace and solidarity. "Not a single family from Bengtol was untouched by insurgency that was at its peak in the 1990s. Many of the participants have seen how violence ravaged the Bodo-insurgency hit areas in western Assam. It's heartening that from such an erstwhile bastion of militancy, the youngsters have come forward to contribute towards nation-building," said Thomas.
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