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woman from Assam claims to have made it to the Guinness Book of World
Records along with her troupe for the "longest Rabindra dance marathon"
that saw them perform non-stop for 25 hours and 25 minutes.
Sonali Acharjee, who hails from Assam's Hailakandi district in Barak
Valley but is based in Hyderabad after marriage, says the Guinness
authorities have certified the performance by her and 25 members of her
troupe, the Sonali Academy of Fine Arts. They performed before Guinness
representatives Feb 1 and Feb 2 this year at the Rabindra Bharathi in
Hyderabad and she received the certificate on April 7.
"The performance started at 5.45 p.m. Feb 1 and continued till about
7.10 p.m. the next day," Sonali said. Assam Minister for Irrigation and
Soil Conservation Ardhendu Kumar Dey lauded the effort and said she is
the pride of not only Assam but the whole country. "She is the pride of
the entire country. It is our moral responsibility to support her and
her effort," he said.
The troupe performed the four most celebrated Dance Ballets of Nobel
laureate Rabindranath Tagore - "Chitrangada", "Chandalika", "Shyama" and
"Bhanu Singher Padavali". The programme was organized in collaboration
with the government of Andhra Pradesh.
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