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Zeliangrongs celebrate harvest and bounty
The Telegraph | Kohima, Nov. 1:
The Zeliangrong community in Nagaland, Manipur and Assam today celebrated its principal festival, Chaga Gadi. The festival is not only associated with eating, drinking local brew and merrymaking but also revolves around agriculture. The festival is celebrated to invoke the Almighty’s blessings, with pageantry of colours and feats of cultural showcase in all the villages, towns and cities where Zeliangrongs reside.
Several programmes were held across Nagaland on the occasion, but the main programme was organised at Jalukie town in Peren district where minister for forest and environment M.C. Konyak was the chief guest.
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