Seed sowing festival ends
Source: The Sangai Express
Senapati, March 17 2020:
The Ngari Lishang Village Mariini Seed Sowing Festival 2020 was celebrated from March 12 to 16, said a statement of the organising committee today.
PS Shimary Kidu, kilonser GPRN and R Sword, Dy kilonser GPRN and R Rako, Y Chirang, P Joseph, ex- Pastor, S Ningtam, Pastor NBC and P Robin village chairman among others attended the festival, said the statement.
The festival was celebrated under the theme "Our Culture, Our Identity" .
Blessings were sought from the supreme divine for bountiful crops.
Local women who are married outside the village were presented gifts, it said.
Various competitions, entertaining events were organised.
S Sabastian, s/o S Hriinii of Ngari Lishang, Duzii, s/o Sano of Lakhamai and Kaovei, s/o Paul of Lakhamai were declared first, second and third in a wrestling championship held on March 15 as part of the festival, said the statement issued by Ngari Lishang organising committee secretary P Vanmi.