Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, December 08 2009:
The 7th Zeliangrong Folk Festival will be held on December 12 and 13 at Sawombung (Namdai), Imphal East under the aegis of the Society for Promotion of Community Task, a statement issued by the information and public relations secretary of SPCT informed.
Showcasing of folk dance, songs, drum beating, ho-hoing, yelling and various types of cultural activities will mark the festival.
The festival has been prominently organised by the SPCT since six years back in 2003 at Imphal and other districts of the state.
It has been widely acclaimed for the resurgence of the traditional cultural renaissance.
The organisers have touched the fabric of Zeliangrong identity and the people appreciation with their enthusiastic zeal towards the promotion of cultural rights and the all-round development.
It aims to bring back the cultural activities and its beauty to light again in the milieu of the people particularly among the younger generations which would help in promoting the rich culture and its continuity among the posterity, it stated.
The organisers also appealed all concerned to extend cooperations by restraining from calling bandh or blockade or launching agitation during the period.