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Tributes paid
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 24 2014:
The annual ritualistic offering to departed souls known as Langban Tha gi Heitha-Leithaba in Meitei society concluded with offering of floral tributes to the martyrs of June mass movement of 2001 at Kekrupat today.
During the ceremony, members of many civil society organisations offered floral tributes to the 18 martyrs who laid down their lives for the cause of the State's integrity.
It is an age-old custom of the Meitei society to offer floral and other tributes to departed ancestors during the Manipuri calendar month of Langban (August-September), said UCM president Y Nabachandra.
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