A nine-day National Pitha Festival 2018 will begin on Tuesday on the premises of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy here with a view to upholding different traditional pithas (cakes or patty).
Shilpakala Academy along with Pitha Utsab Udjapan Parishad will organise the festival that will continue till January 31, said BSS.
Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor will inaugurate the festival while Academy's Director General Liakat Ali Lucky will chair it.