Workshop on traditional healers held
Source: IT News
Imphal, May 29 2019:
One day workshop on theme 'Folk and indigtenous healing practices in Manipur' was held at the committee room of the Manipur university administrative block yesterday.
The workshop was organized by the centre for study of social exclusion and inclusive policy (CSSEIP) Manipur University in collaboration with the Anthropos India Foundation(AIF) and Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts(IGNCA)New Delhi.
Prof P Kumar of department of life sciences, Manipur University,Associate Professor Dr Sunita Reddy who is founder chairperson of AIF, President N Tombiraj of All Manipur Maiba Maibi phurup and governing body member of North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine,Pasighat and Padmashree awardee Laishram Nabakishore Singh who is a kidney stone herbalist spoke as resource persons.
Prof Amar Yumnam, Director CSSEIP Manipur University was the moderator of the workshop.
Giving welcome note of thw workshop, Dr Thiyam Bharat,reader CSSEIP said that the traditional healers are disappearing from the society due to various reasons including lack support from the authority as well as the public.
After the natural resources used by the traditional healers are also vanishing day by day due to human pressure,he said adding the workshop was organized in order to find a solution to the existing problems and challenges.
Highlighting few finding of a study in Sikkim and Arunmachal Pradesh Dr Dr Sunita Reddy also shared a similar sentiment.On the other hand N Tombiraj expressed the need to promote tradional healers considering iits natural way of treatment without any side effects unlike other form of treatment.