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Silbi Passah receives Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

Passah, a resident of Riatsamthiah, Shillong, was awarded the honorĀ for folk music. In addition to the copper plate and a stole, she also earned a monetary award of Rs. 1 lakh.

SHILLONG:

Khasi folk musician Silbi Passah on February 24 received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for the year 2021.

Passah, a resident of Riatsamthiah, Shillong, was awarded the honorĀ for folk music. In addition to the copper plate and a stole, she also earned a monetary award of Rs. 1 lakh.

A total of 128 artists from the field of music, dance, theatre, traditional, folk, and puppetry were given the awards which included Sangeet Natak Akademiā€™s Fellowships (Akademi Ratna) and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puruskar) for the year 2019, 2020 and 2021

The awards were presented by President of India, Droupadi Murmu in New Delhi.

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