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Celebrating World Poetry Day

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Kathmandu. Today is World Poetry Day. World Poetry Day will be celebrated by organizing a literary program. On the occasion of the day, a special Kavi Gosthi has been organized by Nepal Pragya-Pratishthan, Department of Literature and Poetry.

In 1999, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced that every March 21st will be celebrated as World Poetry Day. It is believed that the first poetry was composed in Babylon four thousand years ago.

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