6th Singju Festival underway
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, December 28 2022:
The 6th Singju Festival, which is being organised by Singju Yokhatpa Lup opened on Wednesday at Marjing polo complex, Heingang in Imphal East district.
Opening function of the festival, which will continue till January 8, 2023, was attended by minister Y Khemchand's wife Joymala as chief guest, Singju Festival Committee chairman P Birnola as president and minister H Dingo's wife Sita Devi as guest of honour.
The opening function was also attended by MLA Arunkumar's wife Purnimashi Devi, Patriotic Writers' Forum patron member W Hemabati, Singju Festival Committee vice chairman S Premlata and Singju Festival brand ambassador Sushmita Mangsatabam.
In her speech at the function, Joymala said that Singju is now very popular outside Manipur as a food item similar to Salad and described as very fortunate that delegates from Bangladesh and Tripura are coming to take part in the festival.
She further said that organising Singju festival is reasonable as preserving Singju as an indigenous food item of Manipur is imperative.