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Egypt's contemporary art, folklore dance and music will be showcased in various Indian cities including Delhi as part of the Egyptian cultural week that begins on October 3.

Select films from the country's classical repertoire will also be screened during the week-long festival. The event is being organised by Egypt's embassy in New Delhi under a bilateral cultural exchange programme. It is meant to enhance people-to-people contact. A similar exhibition of Indian art and films was held in Cairo earlier this year.

This is the second event of its kind. The first Egyptian cultural week was held in India in 2006.

"Egypt is a culturally rich nation with myriad art forms dominating the landscape. The festival will bring an eclectic mix of our diverse art treasures, from traditional to contemporary, to our Indian audience," Dr Mohamed Higazy, Egypt's ambassador to India, told Hardnews.

A painting exhibition will be held as part of the cultural week. It will feature works of Egypt's finest artists including Nagwa el Ashry, Yasser Mongy, Abdul Aziz al Guendi, Mohammad el Tawary, Gehan Raouf, Effat Hosni and Wessam Fahmy and provide key insights into the contemporary Egyptian arts.

Egypt's critically acclaimed films such as Le Destin (The Destiny, 1977) and Hassan & Marcus (2008) will be screened during the film festival being held as part of the cultural week.

Le Destin is set in the 12th century in the Arab-ruled Spanish province of Andalusia, where renowned philosopher Averroes (Ebn Rashd) is appointed grand judge by the caliph and his liberal court judgments are not liked by some people. The caliph's political rivals, centred on the leader of a fanatical sect, force the caliph to send Averroes into exile. But his ideas remain alive, thanks to his students. Youssef Chahine and Khaled Youssef jointly directed the film.

Hassan & Marcus shows how religious extremists make society suffer. The story is woven around Muslim-Christian community relations.

Egypt's folklore dancers, too, are set to enthrall the Indian audience during the festival. A troupe of Aswan dancers from Egypt's Aswan region will perform in Delhi, Chandigarh and Kullu of Himachal Pradesh. The troupe uses ancient musical ancient musical instruments, which accompany the various dances.

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