TSA Bengaluru to observe Sahnit Kum
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, October 21 2015:
Thadou Students' Association, Bengaluru (TSA-B) will observe "Year of Mourning" ("Sahnit Kum" in Thadou dialect), to show solidarity and respects to the tribal martyrs and victims of Joumol village landslide.
A press communiqu� of TSA-B signed by its general secretary Ginkhohao Haokip said that the students' body has decided to observe 'Sahnit Kum' in its executive meeting held on October 19 as per the Thadou Inpi (GHQ) resolution adopted in a meeting held on October 14 at Hotel Imphal to observe Year of Mourning in all Thadou inhabited areas.
The Thadou Inpi (GHQ) and all participants in the meeting unanimously decided to observe 'Sahnit Kum' - A year of Mourning to show solidarity and respects to tribal martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the protection of ancestral land and victims of Joumol landslide, the statement added.
Ginkhohao Haokip said that the students' body in its executive meeting also unanimously resolved not to organize the Chavang Golnop-cum-Chavang Kut, 2015 scheduled to be organized on November 2 and 3 in the Annual Planner Event, 2015-16 .