State handloom day celebrated
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, August 02 2022:
Handloom Promotion Council, Manipur celebrated the 23rd State Handloom Day at GM Hall here on Monday.
The celebration presided over by The Manipur Apex HL Weavers & HC Artisans CS Ltd (AWAS), Imphal president A Ronika Devi was attended by Weavers Service Centre, Imphal deputy director Hara Kanta Baron as chief guest and MU Department of Economics associate professor Dr Chinglen Maisnam as guest of honour.
Speaking on the occasion, Handloom Promotion Council Manipur chief functionary Chingtam Luwang informed that Manipur is the first to celebrate Handloom Day in the world and National Handloom Day came after it.
The main objective of the celebration is to encourage the 3 lakh-plus weavers and to promote the handloom products of Manipur, he said.
Award, memento and cash prize were presented to select weavers as a mark of encouragement.
The award recipients included a weaver namely Sapam Memcha of Yurembam Awang Leikai and others.