Rani Gaidinliu birth centenary cum indigenous cultural fest
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 17 2016:
Rani Gaidinliu birth centenary cum indigenous
cultural festival will be held on January 22 and 23 at Talkatora Stadium,
New Delhi under the theme, 'Celebrating the Indomitable
Spirit of Rani Gaidinliu' to honour the freedom fighter.
According to a statement, the event is being organized by
Rani Gaidinliu Birth Centenary cum Indigenous Cultural Festival
Organizing Committee under the aegis of the Zeliangrong
Welfare Association, Delhi (ZWAD) and Zeliangrong Students'
Union, Delhi (ZSUD).
Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology,
Ravi Shankar Prasad will be the chief guest of the
event.
Governor of Assam and Nagaland, PB Acharya and
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for DoNER, Dr
Jitendra Singh, will grace the occasion as guests of honour.
Cultural troupes from all the eight North Eastern States and
other parts of the country will participate in the mega event.
The cultural programme is being organized to showcase the
rich cultural heritage of the people from the North East India.
National level seminar, poster campaign, quiz competition,
release of birth centenary souvenir and a book, mementos,
sweatshirts & T-shirts, are some of the activities initiated by
the committee.
The first day would witness cultural extravaganza from
different parts of the country.
Cultural dance competition,
cultural fashion parade, folk songs etc are some of the highlights
of the day.
The cultural dance competition is opened to
all sections of the society and the winner will receive Rs 2
lakh.
The second day of the festival would be devoted to National
seminar on State, Society and Nationalism: Relevance of
Rani Gaidinliu in the Contemporary Society.
Tarun Vijay, MP
and Dr Rosemary, Director, Women Studies Centre, Nagaland
University would be the resource persons in the seminar.