Festival held
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 23 2016:
Wooden pestle and mortar festival organised by
People's Museum, Kakching under the spon-
sorship of Indian National Trust for Art and
Cultural Heritage, Delhi was held at Kakching
Sumang community hall yesterday, reports our
correspondent.
The programme was also attended by
Kangjam Radhakumar Singh, Commissioner,
Art and Culture, Government of Manipur
and Prof Huirem Behari Singh, convenor,
Manipuri Language Advisory Board of
Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.
Traditional ways of threshing followed
by Chothe, Maring, Vaiphei, Tarao tribes
and people of Kakching and Wangoo were
also demonstrated at the valedictory programme.