Khongkap-Nunglui ends on high note
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 24 2015 :
The two-day long quinquennial festival of Khongkap-Nunglui of Maring tribe wrapped up on Thursday on a high note at Sandang Senba village in Imphal East district.
Sandang Senba village is located in Keirao constituency on the fringe of Senapati district.
Villagers sang folk songs and performed beautiful cultural dances at every house on the closing day of the festival which is celebrated every five years on the third day of Kalen month of Meitei calendar.
All house owners offered drinks and 'singju,' a salad-type Manipuri dish to all merry makers marking the end of the Maring tribe festival.
A sacred rite was later performed by the villagers to formally end the festival.