A large Khotang-Halesi festival will be held in Khotang

Under the festival, athletics will be held from May 31st to May 1st, National Poetry Writing Competition on May 3rd, Open Singing Competition on May 6th and Open National Karate Competition on May 8th to 10th.

Athletics will be contested in eight events (categories). One mile (1600m) run for girls and boys under 12 years and men above 60 years, 3 km run for mothers, 5 km run for girls under 15 years, 5 km run for leaders, public representatives, journalists, employees and teachers above 35 years, 15 years and above A ten kilometer race for open women/men and a 21.097 km half marathon for open women/men have been organized.

First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh female/male runners in the half marathon will receive trophies with cash prizes of 75,000, 50,000, 25,000, 15,000, 10,000, 7,000 and 5,000 respectively. , medals and certificates will be awarded, according to the organizer.

Students under 12 and men over 60, mothers, students under 15, leaders over 35, public representatives, journalists, staff and teachers and the winners of open women's/men's races over 15 years of age will also be given trophies, medals and certificates along with cash prizes. tell 40, 25, 17, 11 and 7 thousand cash prizes have been arranged for the first, second, third, fourth and fifth winners of the

national poetry writing and singing competition respectively. According to the organizers, the competition of these two categories will be conducted in collaboration with Khotang Artist Society Kathmandu, Rawa-Sawa Academic Society Nepal and Tamke-Tuwachung Academy Khotang.

President Rai said that all seven provinces, Sotokan Karate, Gozorio Karate, Wadoriya Karate and the organizers will participate in the national karate competition which will be held from June 6th to 8th. In the competition to be held at Khotang Multi-Purpose Covered Hall in Diktel, the first, second, third and fourth place women's/men's teams will get 111 thousand 111, 55 thousand 555, 33 thousand 333 and 22 thousand 222 cash prizes respectively. 22 thousand 222 and 11 thousand 111 will be awarded to the best female/male player of the

competition and 11 thousand 111 along with trophies, medals and certificates. Rai said that about 52 lakhs will be spent on the

festival. Rai said that the sports, literary, musical and tourism festival has been prepared with the aim of making Khotang known nationally and internationally through sports, promoting it as a tourist district, making sports a project of pride for the district, and producing athletes who will win Olympic medals in the district within the year 2050. "The festival has been organized with the funds raised from donors," Rai said, "I hope everyone will support the holy cause." To complete the

festival, a 15-member festival main ceremony committee has been formed under the coordination of District Coordination Committee Khotang chief San Bahadur Rai. Sanjay Kumar Rai, member secretary of the main ceremony committee and president of the foundation said that 9 different sub-committees have been formed for the festival organized by Nepal Sports Foundation Khotang. Rai said that in

sub-committee, propaganda sub-committee under the coordination of Federation of Nepalese Journalists, peace and security management sub-committee under the coordination of chief district officer Shiv Kumar Karki, transport management sub-committee under the coordination of Khotang Transport Pvt. general secretary Ram Kumar Hingmang.

Rajan Prasad Acharya, president of the Khotang Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that the festival to be held in Diktel Bazar is expected to be worth millions of dollars.