Orange fest begins underway
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Tamenglong, December 16 2011:
The 8th State Level Orange Festival has commenced from today at Tamenglong along with a seminar for orange growers and sport activities for the public.
The main inaugural function of the festival, however, would be held tomorrow at the Lower ground of the district headquarters with Minister of Power, Horticulture, Science and Technology T Phungzathang Tonsing as chief guest.
As many as 345 orange growers from Tamenglong district participated in the seminar today.
They would also be participating in the Orange competition tomorrow.
Speaking during the seminar, C Arthur W, IAS Deputy Commissioner Tamenglong encouraged the Orange growers and appreciated their hard work.
G P Kabui, Programme Coordinator, ICAR who attended the seminar as one of the resource persons spoke on 'Orange Cultivation (Historical retrospect, morphological characters, climate & soil, cultivation disease/ pest control & management, harvesting & marketing.
S Gunamani, Subject Matter Specialist (Plant breeding) ICAR, R K Roshan, Subject Matter Specialist (Horticulture) ICAR and N Tomba DO (Horticulture & SC) Tamenglong were among the resource persons who conducted the seminar.
The inaugural of the State Level Orange Festival at Tamenglong today was marked by presentation of cultural dances and songs by various cultural troupes.
Deputy commissioner of Tamenglong C Arthur W, IAS formally opened the traditional sports competition on the first day of the festival in the Mini stadium, Tamenglong.
The Traditional sports started with a welcome cultural dance presented by the Zeme youths and it was followed by ''GUAI PI KAZAPMEI'' (cow head hanging and jumping) which symbolized the strength and manhood of the male members in Zeliangrong society.
The prize head was won by Lubining Pame from Impa village.
Other games like Shot Put, Arm Wrestling, Mass jumping, Orange Eating competition, greased poll climbing, Loi zaimei (Tug of War) and shriek competition were held as part of the inaugural function.