Banana stems
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 18 2017:
A one day training cum awareness camp on the process of weaving threads from the stems of banana plants, was organised at Dharmalaya Social Welfare Club community hall, Brah-mapur, today.
The camp was organised by BJP Yaiskul Mandal and District Handloom and Textiles Office, Imphal West .
Yaiskul MLA, Th Satyabrata, BJP Yaiskul Mandal president, Kh Bishwamitra, BJP, Manipur, Weaver Cell convenor, L Sorojini, District Handloom and Textiles, Imphal West, Project Manager, Th Sunila and Imphal Municipal Corporation Corporator, L Inunganbi attended the event as the chief guest, president and guests of honour respectively .
Around 350 BJP Yaiskul Mandal members took part in the camp in which National Awardee, Victoria Devi, demonstrated the process of weaving or extracting thread from the stems of banana plant.