TSA-B to observe Sahnit Kum
Source: The Sangai Express
Senapati, October 21 2015:
The Thadou Students' Association-Bengaluru (TSA-B) said it would join in the 'Year of Mourning' (Sahnit Kum) observation to express solidarity and respect to the tribal martyrs and victims of Joumol village landslide.
A statement issued by TSA-B general secretary Ginkhohao Haokip said the decision to observe 'Sahnit Kum' was taken up during an executive meeting of the association held on October 19 following the Thadou Inpi (GHqs) resolution to observe Year of Mourning in all Thadou inhabited areas.
The Thadou Inpi (GHQ) and participants in a meeting held on October 14 at Hotel Imphal had unanimously decided to observe 'Sahnit Kum' - A year of Mourning, to show solidarity and respect to the tribal martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the protection of ancestral land and victims of Joumol landslide, the statement informed.
The general secretary also maintained that the body would not observe this year's Chavang Golnop-cum-Chavang Kut scheduled to be held on November 2 and 3 in support of Thadou Inpi's avowal that celebrating festivals at this juncture is against the customs and practices of Thadous.