ABU International Dance Festival 2019

International Dance Festival

Question: In which of the following city Second Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) International Dance Festival held recently?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Paris
(c) New Delhi
(d) Los Angeles
Answer: (c)
Related facts:

  • Second Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) International Dance Festival was organized from 7 -9 March 2019 in New Delhi.
  • ABU aims to introduce the unique diversities of the Asia Pacific region through dance as an international language.
  • It held in association with Prasar Bharati represented by All India Radio and Doordarshan.
  • 120 dancers from 11 countries (Malaysia, Indonesia, Fiji, Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and India) presented 20 dance items/forms in the festival.
  • It should be noted that the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) is a non- profit, non government professional associations of broadcasters in the Asia Pacific region.
  • It currently has 272 members in 76 countries and regions and has a reach of about 3 billion people across the world.

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