Nagas in Manipur celebrated Lui-Ngai-Ni, the seed sowing festival on 15th February. The State level celebration function was held at Kapaam village in Chandel district under the aegis of the United Naga Council (UNC) with the theme “One culture, one destiny” Attending the celebration function as chief guest, Manipur Water Resources Minister, Awangbow Newmai stressed the need for preserving culture and tradition which he termed as the priceless gifts of forefathers.
“We need to preserve our culture. Not only songs and dances, we should also preserve habits and culture. Let us keep up all the good cultures and habits of our forefathers. It is the priceless gifts of our forefather,” he said. Asserting that Nagas are peace loving people, the Minister urged the people to show it through their deeds. “Let us spread the message of peace by way of respecting other communities” . Transport Minister Khashim Vashum, recalled the efforts to bring into shape the ‘Lui-Ngai-Ni’ as a common festival of Nagas living in the State of Manipur.
He himself was actively involved in shaping the festival around 30 years ago, added the Minister.The concept of the seed sowing festival was consolidated after a great deal of studies and consultations and christened as ‘Lui-Ngai-Ni’ in the year 1986 and its celebration took shape in 1987, he added.
Many sitting Naga MLAs, Outer Manipur Lok Sabha MP Dr Lorho S Pfoze, ex-Ministers, ex-Parliamentarians and ADC members also attended the occasion. In his presidential address, Ng Lorho president United Naga Council said that the celebration of the festival under the theme “One culture, one destination” is to show “oneness in diversity” Lorho observed that westernization has deeply inflicted on the culture of the Nagas, and added that the festival aims to imbibe the fundamental principle of social norms and value system.
“We aspire to have a Nation where law and justice is the rule of law and where the lowly are secured,” the UNC president added.The celebration of the festival is also a political message to a common destination and to rekindle the past glory, according to the UNC chief.
In today’s event, various activities like folk songs, cultural dances, blowing of Lui-Ngai-Ni trumpet, beating of drums and lighting of Lui-Ngai-Ni fire were performed by different Naga tribes.The blessings of seeds were invoked by the chief of Kapaam village. Transport Minister Khasim Vashum, Chandel AC MLA SS Olish, Tamenglong AC MLA Janghemlung Panmei, Ukhrul AC MLA Ram Muivah, Karong AC MLA J Kumo Sha and other public leaders including ex-MLAs and ex-ADC Members also attended the function.
Manipur finished 7th position at the just concluded Khello India Youth Games 2023. The game is participated by 36 states and union territories. Around 5000 atheletes participated in the tournament. Manipur scored 13 golds, 9 silver and 12 bronze to secure the seventh position. Madhya Pradesh who has the largest contingent scored the highest medals and secured the first position in the medal tally.
During the tournament, seven national youth records were created by a Manipuri weightlifter. M. Martina Devi who won the Girls 81kg+ category with a total lift of 199kg created national records in Snatch (88kg), as well as in Clean and Jerk (111kg). In fact, Martina broke a total of seven national youth records enroute to her gold medal. Manipur clinched the title by defeating West Bengal with a score of 1-0 in the girls’ football final.Athletes from Manipur dominated the Thang-ta, a traditional Manipuri martial art form, competitions at Mandla’s District Sports Complex, clinching five golds. Assam, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh also won a gold each in the sports discipline.
Earlier the sports ministry had opened Khelo India State Centre of Excellence (KISCE) at Khuman Lampak Sports Complex, Imphal with the aim to identify and provide world-class training to athletes in the state in their specialised sports. The Khuman Lampak Sports Complex in Imphal was chosen as the Khelo India State Centre of Excellence (KISCE) and was virtually inaugurated by Kiren Rijiju, the union minister of sports and youth affairs, in 2020. Three disciplines — archery, hockey and weightlifting — were selected to be part of the KISCE initially under which one state could have one discipline and weightlifting was declared as the state discipline of Manipur. Khelo India, the national programme for development of sports also established 16 sports centres across 16 districts in Manipur last year. The initiative was part of the Centre’s vision to open 1,000 new Khelo India Centres (KIC) in all states and Union territories, with at least one KIC in each district of the country. The sports ministry in partnership with the state governments is providing grassroots-level sports infrastructure to young sporting talent in different parts of the country under the Khelo India National development program for sports.
Manipur is considered as the power house of sports and the Central government has taken up steps to establish a sports university in the state which would be first of its kind in the country. The state which is geographically smaller compared to other states of the country with a population of around 30 lakhs has produced large number of sporting talents so far. The dedication, efforts and passion the people of Manipur have towards sports is often appreciated by many. Many state athletes are inducted in the central service and they are pursuing their career in bigger cities.
On a brighter note, at the grassroot level, culturally almost all local clubs in the State celebrates the holi festival (Yaoshang in Manipur) with 5 days of fun, literary and sporting events annually. Mostly the youths and elderly organise the sport events encouraging the children to participate. And the tournaments are concluded with award ceremonies. Often children participate the sporting event with much love, celebration and cherish memory besides winning accolades in winning prizes.
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2010 Since then, the band has managed to carve a niche for itself through easy and smooth execution of the blues known as the ‘mother of rock and roll’.
Fringes the rock blues band
Despite rare public appearances, the band has been consistent in their approach to blues music. Since, the band released its debut album “Trapped” in 2012, it has been performing whenever all the members get a chance to assemble their craft and skills to showcase the core of blues.
Their lyrical content truly represents the turmoil of the youth in today’s Manipur. No wonder then, they sing about unemployment, poverty, violence in the State.
The band comprised of members who are old school friends and they have been jamming for quite many years now despite pursuing different professions and separated by physical distance.
For instance, the band’s vocalist Haraba Ningthoukhongjam is a doctor by profession while Thingnam Sanjeev is a historian and a qualified archivist working in New Delhi.
The rest of the band members comprised of Shanker Sapam, the bassist who is a full-time sessions musician of repute who also is well acquainted with technical aspects of the craft.
Fringes the rock blues band
Set for a larger audience in home ground, the band had performed at Yaosang Rock during April 2012 at the Yaiskul Range along with popular Delhi based band Parikrama and at Florozone Nongin Music Fest 2013′, besides mega fest like Manipur Sangai Festival.
Gautam Sorokhaibam, who is an IT professional, does the wonders in rhythm. Another seasoned musician and a sound engineer Sunil Loitongbam plays the drums for the band.
The band had represented the State in the Concert of Rock Music Band Bonding hosted by the North Eastern service of All India Radio, and also recorded at DDK Guwahati. The members had performed at Shillong blues and Jazz festival, besides Fringes tour de Delhi, where the band performed at various cafes and popular music stores.
The band was also invited to perform at the North East Business Summit Party at Le’ Meridien Hotel New Delhi in recent past.
Fringes gained popularity as the band has been rooted in rock blues genre.
Manipur is a hotspot in terms of fish production. The famous fresh water lake Loktak supplies most of the fishes for the State and it is also being exported to neighbouring States. Manipuri’s eat lots of fishes and most of the boiled vegetable curries are incomplete without fermented and dry fish. On a single day a family consumes minimum of 50 grams dry fish as side dish or part of a curry. Ima Market and most of the markets in the valley districts sales fresh fishes. Fish curry remains the favorite curry. Several types of local fishes are also eaten for good health at the time of recovering from illness. The State also imports sea fishes from other States of India. Besides several types of fishes also comes from the neighboring country Myanmar.
Let’s us take a look at two of the fish festivals the State Government organizes for two major festivals where fishes are offered to local deity and fishes are served as main course in a cultural feast in every home.
Emoinu Fish Festival 2023
The first Emoinu Fish Festival, 2023 organized by the Department of Fishery at Hapta Kangjeibung on the day of Emoinu Festival registered sale of 51,362 Kgs of different species of fish including 2600 kgs of home grown Meitei Sareng. Fish farmers of Bishnupur district contributed the highest production with 17,709 Kgs followed by Imphal West district with 14,218 Kgs and Thoubal district with 9009 Kgs.
A significant outcome of Emoinu Fish Festival, 2023 is that the total proceeds accrued from the sale of fish accounted for Rs 1.30 crore which is a spectacular achievement for the fish farmers and Fishery Department.
Emoinu Fish Festival witnessed departmental stalls of Agriculture, Horticulture, MOMA, Forest and various start-ups catering to agro and allied products like organic black rice, ginger, turmeric, fresh seasonal vegetables, value added local fruits, beverages, etc which provided a shopping spree and extravaganza to the visitors.
Ningol Chakouba Fish Festival 2022
Around 200 fish farmers from 16 different districts participated in the fish fair. Manipur government arranged 155 stalls for the participants free of cost and the travel allowance for fish farmers were reimbursed. Apart from common fish varieties easily available in the market, indigenous fishes like Pengba/Khabak; Ngaton; Ngahei; Ukabi (Anabus); Porom (Murrel) and Tunghanbi (Tilapia) were on sale during the fish fair.
Speaking at the festival, the fishery minister Dingo opined that fish production has increased considerably when compared to previous years. The department has managed to produce 1.25 lakh kg this year against the previous year’s requirement of 90,000 kgs. The minister also stated that with the increasing number of fish farmers and the adoption of new technologies, the state can become self-sufficient in fish farming by 2005 Director of, department of fisheries, Heisnam Balkrishna Singh said the department fixed reasonable fish prices especially for the fish fair.
For promotion of good yield and to encourage fish production in the State competition are held annually and the first prize winner, second and third prize winners were awarded a cash prize of Rs 1 Lakh, Rs 70,000 and Rs 50,000 respectively.
The highest producer of indigenous fish was awarded a cash prize of Rs 20,000 and 20 consolation prizes worth Rs 10,000 were also given to the fisherman.
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CM assures super speciality facilities picture source Social media
Imphal, Jan 22 By James khangembam.
While attending the Tekru-Nge celebration at Jessami village, Ukhrul, the Chief Minister N Biren Singh said that the Government has taken a decision to construct super specialty health-care facilities infra-structure in the four hill districts of Senapati, Ukhrul, Tamenglong and Chandel at the earliest so that patients from far-flung villages do not have to travel to Imphal or other cities for treatment.
The festival is celebratedunder the theme & quot;Walking through the diversity and richness of Jessami & quot;. At the moment, despite the lack of specialist doctors in the hill districts, treatment for diseases requiring specialist doctors is conducted through Tele-ICU in the hill district hospitals the Chief Minister continued. "We are also trying to increase the number of super specialist doctors", the Chief Minister said referring to shortage of doctors in the State.
Biren also highlighted the changes witnessed in the State and said this has been made possible with the support and cooperation of the people.Peace has brought development in the State, the Chief Minister added. The Chief Minister also assured office buildings of Additional SP and Additional Deputy Commissioner at the earliest and to further look into the memorandum submitted by the people including making of SBI branch operational to ease monetary transactions.
The Chief Minister asked the villagers to submit a report with proper geo-tagging and mapping through the DC for the development of a wildlife sanctuary at a nearby forest area which is home to different faunas including Nongin bird.He also appreciated Jessami villagers for preserving and protecting Nongin (State bird).He said that Nongin festival would be incorporated as a part of the Manipur Sangai Festival from the next edition.
CM assures super speciality facilities Senapati, Ukhrul, Tamenglong, Chandel
Biren said that a war museum and four additional rooms of Jessami Higher Secondary School would be constructed at the earliest.The inaugural function was also attended by Ministers Transport Minister Khashim Vashum, Social Welfare Minister H Dingo, MLA Thangjam Arun Kumar, TNL president David K Shimray and TNWL president SA Ramnganing, among others.
As a part of the celebration, the Chief Minister also dedicated the Model Residential School, LM Block, Ukhrul and Cave Tourism Project at Khangkhui Cave to the public and inaugurated display of cultural and WW II related items.Transport Minister Khashim Vashum said that the present Government under N Biren has great concern for the border villages.
Many projects including highway construction, transit camp, school up gradation, drinking water to every household, infrastructural development etc were taken up under his leadership with the primary objective of ensuring development in remote areas and border villages, Khashim Vashum said. Earlier, the villagers dressed in colorful traditional attire escorted the Chief Minister and his team to the local ground. War dance, display of pounding rice by Jessami womenfolk and traditional games were the main attractions of the day.
Child trafficking in India is a serious problem that has been plaguing the country for many years. It is a form of modern-day slavery in which children are bought and sold for various purposes such as forced labor, sexual exploitation, and illegal adoption. The problem is particularly prevalent in India, where a large number of children are born into poverty and are vulnerable to being trafficked.
According to a recent report by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, an estimated 40,000 children are trafficked in India every year. The majority of these children are from poor and marginalized communities, and are often lured or forced into trafficking by the promise of a better life.
There are various reasons why children in India are vulnerable to trafficking. One of the main reasons is poverty. Many children in India are born into poverty and are unable to access basic necessities such as education, healthcare, and proper nutrition. This makes them vulnerable to traffickers who promise them a better life in exchange for their labor or other services.
Another reason why children in India are vulnerable to trafficking is the lack of education. Many children in India do not have access to education and are unable to read or write. This makes them easy targets for traffickers who lure them into trafficking with the promise of education and a better life.
The lack of proper laws and enforcement is also a major reason why child trafficking in India continues to be a problem. Although there are laws in place to prevent child trafficking, they are often not enforced effectively. This allows traffickers to operate with impunity and continue to exploit children.
Causes of Child Trafficking in India
The problem of child trafficking in India is also exacerbated by the lack of proper rehabilitation and reintegration services for trafficked children. Many children who are rescued from trafficking are not provided with the necessary support and services they need to rebuild their lives. This makes it difficult for them to reintegrate into society and increases the likelihood that they will be trafficked again.
In recent years, the Indian government has taken steps to address the problem of child trafficking. The government has implemented various laws and policies to prevent and combat child trafficking, such as The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, and the Integrated Child Protection Scheme.
The government has also set up various organizations and programs to help prevent and combat child trafficking. For example, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and the National Child Protection Policy were established to protect the rights of children and prevent child trafficking.
Despite these efforts, child trafficking in India continues to be a serious problem. In order to effectively combat child trafficking, it is important for the government to continue to implement and enforce laws and policies to prevent and combat the problem. It is also important for the government to provide proper rehabilitation and reintegration services for trafficked children.
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In conclusion, child trafficking in India is a serious problem that affects thousands of children every year. The problem is caused by a combination of poverty, lack of education, lack of proper laws and enforcement, and lack of proper rehabilitation and reintegration services. In order to effectively combat child trafficking, it is important for the government, civil society, community-based
