Kolkata Christmas Festival

Kolkata Christmas Festival 2022 inaugurated by chief minister Mamata Banerjee

The mega carnival will involve music, dance and food from December 21-27

By My Kolkata Web Desk | Published 21.12.22, 09:11 PM

Park Street all lit up for the Kolkata Christmas Festival.

All pictures by Amit Datta/My Kolkata

The Kolkata Christmas Festival 2022 was inaugurated on December 21 by chief minister Mamata Banerjee in the presence of Archbishop of Kolkata Thomas D’Souza, Bishop of the Calcutta Diocese of the Church of North India (CNI) Paritosh Canning, Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brian; West Bengal minister of tourism Babul Supriyo, Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim, West Bengal Minorities’ Commission vice-chairman Shane Calvert and others.

The themed lighting begins from St. Xavier’s College on Park Street and stretches up to Jawaharlal Nehru Road at one end and the Mullickbazar crossing on the other. The area around St. Paul’s Cathedral on Cathedral Road has also been lit up. Artists from Chandannagar are hired for the illumination

The Kolkata Christmas Festival was initiated in 2011 by the tourism department of the Government of West Bengal, in association with the Christian community

Park Street becomes a walk-only zone during Christmas and on New Year Eve. Allen Park is the epicentre of the carnival

Melinda Pavek, consul general of the US consulate in Kolkata, and Rowan Ainsworth, Australian consul general in Kolkata, pose for a quick selfie on Wednesday

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