Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 07:
The Orange Festival 2006 will be celebrated on December 15 and 16 at Tamenglong district Hqs with traditional fervour.
The festival will feature presentation of traditional dances and folk music.
The incentives entitled to orange growers would also be distributed by December 12.The amount has already been sanctioned.
Chairman of the organising committee of the festival, Deputy Commissioner of Tamenglong district T Pamei informed that the festival would be opened by Governor SS Sidhu.
As in the previous years, the Orange Queen contest would be the highlight of the festival.
Moreover, an artificial rock wall of Manipur Mountaineering and Trekking Association would also be erected as a special attraction of the festival, said Pamei.