Seminar on Manipuri language and culture held
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, August 29 2014 :
A day-long seminar on the topic 'Manipuri Lol Amasung Enat' (Manipuri language and culture) was organized by All Manipur Ethnical Socio-Cultural Organization (AMESCO) at Youth Hostel, Khuman Lampak here on Thursday.
The inaugural function of the seminar was attended by Naba Wareppa, cultural activist and president of Theatre Centre Manipur as Chief Guest; S Nando, president of AMESCO as President while Dr Dhanabir Laishram, social scientist and Iboyaima, social worker as Guests of Honor.
Addressing the gathering, Naba Wareppa stated that identity of a community is differentiated by its language and culture which collectively plays an important role in building a society and added that inclusion of elements from other language into one's language is a matter of concern which needs timely intervention to rectify it otherwise a conflict situation may arises over origin of the language.
He said that history has to be traced to know origin of one's language and culture.
Taking part as Resource Persons in the seminat, Prof Ch Yashwanta, Linguistic Department, Manipur University spoke on the topic of 'Lol gi naknaba mannaba waheising amasung kanglupsing gi hourakpham' while Prof M Pramodini Devi, Linguistic Department, MU deliberated on the topic of 'Chaokhatpagi lamjelda Manipuri lol' .