3 days workshop / production on Thang-Ta concludes
Source: The Sangai Express
Thoubal, October 01 2020:
Under the aegis of the Department of Arts and Culture, the Association for Paonam Memorial Arts and Rural Development Services (APMARDS) Wangkhem organized a 3-days workshop cum production on 'Thangbi and Leiteng Haiba' which was concluded today.
During the closing programme of the workshop cum production, held at the APMARDS auditorium in Wangkhem Thoubal, the Thang-Ta players were handed certificate of participation.
Speaking at the function, chief guest Huyen Lanlong Manipur Thang Ta and Cultural Association, Irilbung Director and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee, K Sanathoi Sharma encouraged the guests and youth to safeguard and promote indigenous sports of Thang-Ta and traditional music and dance of Manipur.
He also added that APMARDS was founded with the objective to promote the indigenous sport of Thang-Ta, which has achieved international recognition.