World Bamboo Day at Kisama, Nagaland
- 16th to 18th September 2010 -

September 15, 2010

World Bamboo Day is a day of celebration to increase the awareness of bamboo globally. Where bamboo grows naturally, bamboo has been a daily element, but its utilization has not always been sustainable due to exploitation. The World Bamboo Organization aims to bring the potential of bamboo to a more elevated exposure – to protect natural resources and the environment, to ensure sustainable utilization, to promote new cultivation of bamboo for new industries in regions around the world, as well as promote traditional uses locally for community economic development.

World Bamboo Day was declared by the Thai Royal Forest Department on 18 September in Bangkok, during the 8thWorld Bamboo Congress held at the Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel. As part of the World Bamboo Day celebration, a ceremonial bamboo planting took place nearby Bangkok where a representative from each country had the honor to plant a bamboo seedling as a symbolic gesture of our mission. The bamboo plants, grown and provided by the Royal Forest Department, were planted in Prachin Buri at the Khao Hin Sorn Royal Development Study Centre. Over 40 countries were represented in this celebration, including our great country of India and specifically our lovely State of Nagaland.

This year, 2010, we again remember bamboo on World Bamboo Day, 18 September, when the World Bamboo Day Celebration will be celebrated all over the world with special celebrations in;

• Brazil
• Colombia
• Germany
• India
• Israel
• Nicaragua
• United Kingdom
• USA

However the key international celebration will be held at Kisama in Nagaland endorsed by World Bamboo Organization (WBO) and hosted by the Government of Nagaland. H E Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India will grace the World Bamboo Day celebration as the Chief Guest along with Governors and Ministers from the North Eastern States. Kisama, a beautiful village near Kohima is one of the many vibrant villages in Nagaland, India. The undulating state of Nagaland is extremely charming and home to as many as sixteen tribes, the state has much to explore. The virgin terrains of the state are breathtakingly enchanting. For a visitor, Nagaland offers a panorama of nature, warmth and hospitality of people, lavish blossoms and coy rivers making their way through the rugged terrains

From the bamboo world perspective, Nagaland is home to about 5% of India’s growing stock of bamboo which is about 448,000 hectares. With about 46 species of the wonder grass identified in the state, Nagaland took the lead in the fight against climate change through bamboo at the World Bamboo Congress at Bangkok in 2009, the state has also entered the World Bamboo Map with its bamboo potentials being the largest producer of bamboo in India.

The Main highlights of the celebration are;

• Bamboo Planting
• Run for Bamboo (Marathon Run)
• Craft Competition
• Workshops
• Painting Competition for School Children
• Bamboo Music Festival
• Bamboo Food Festival
• Exhibitions on Bamboo Craft and Products


WBO will honor some of the bamboo pioneers from India who have contributed much for the growth of the bamboo sector in India.

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