MECAA sponsors Inter-Collegiate Cultural Meet-2024
Source: Chronicle News Service
Senapati, March 24 2024:
Cultural Club of the Mount Everest College, Senapati organised inter-collegiate cultural meet, 2024 at its auditorium on Saturday on the theme 'Celebration of Traditions, Talents & Tastes' under the sponsorship of Mount Everest College Alumni Association (MECAA).
College's acting principal Gonmei Meithuanlungpou, in his key note address, said education is important for preserving, practice and promotion of culture along with stating that culture belongs to the people.
Folk dances and cultural items belonging to different communities of Manipur were showcased during the event also marked by competition on folk songs, folk drama and cultural dances.
Mt Zion College bagged first position while Mount Everest College secured the second position in the folk song competition as Mount Everest bagged first position' and St Xavier College wrested the second position in folk drama competition.
Mount Everest College also topped in Cultural dance competition followed by St Xavier in second position as the latter bagged first position and Mt Zion College secured second in exhibition of cultural display.
Mount Everest College too, bagged the first position and St Xavier College second in the live artisan competition.
Tribal Culture Research Committee, Manipur member DS Thaio, social worker CK Tho, international gold medallist Besii Kollo, Mao-Senapati Union cultural secretary Melody Paosiba and Village Level Worker (VLW) were jury members of the competitions.