The mesmerizing Thadou’s biggest cultural festival Hun celebration at Kangpokpi District Headquarters entered its second day or the closing day with traditional dance, music, and indigenous games as the main highlight of the event.
Significantly, the noon session of the second day of the Hun celebration was graced by two Union Ministers and a Governor.
Union Cabinet Minister for Tribal Affairs, Government of India, Arjun Munda attended the fourth session of the Hun celebration as Chief Guest while Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Education, Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh attended as the Guest of Honour.
While Manipur’s Textiles, Commerce, and Industry, and Cooperation Minister, Nemcha Kipgen, who is also the local MLA attended as the Chief Host, Minister for Tribal Affairs and Hills, Horticulture and Soil Conservation, Letpao Haokip attended as Functional President.
BJP State General Secretary (Organization) Manipur and Nagaland, Abhay Kumar Giri, and MLA Sapam Kunjakishore Keba Singh, who is also the Chairman of Manipur Electronics Development Corporation Limited attended as Special Guests.
The Union Tribal Affairs Minister, Arjun Munda on his arrival at the venue of the Hun celebration at Kangpokpi, was warmly welcomed by the Thadou people while he beat the Thadou traditional gong called Dahpi and inspected the Thadou traditional hut and indigenous items inside the Hut accompanied by the Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Education, Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Manipur’s Minister Nemcha Kipgen and Letpao Haokip and others dignitaries.
Addressing the gathering, the Union Cabinet Minister for Tribal Affairs, Arjun Munda expressed his excitement to partake of the Thadou tribe in their biggest cultural festival Hun.
The Union Tribal Affairs Minister also danced together with the Thadou people on the stage along with other dignitaries.
He also said that the Government of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi had initiated several schemes, projects, and policies for the development of the tribal people of India including the Manipur tribals, and would invest in terms of hundreds of crore in it.
Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Education, Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh also spoke on the occasion.
Later in the after, Manipur Governor, Anusuiya Uikey graced the fifth session of the Hun celebration at Brig. M. Thomas Ground, Kangpokpi as Chief Guest.
Manipur’s Medical, Health, and Family Welfare and IPR Minister, Dr. Ranjan Sapam Singh attended as the Guest of Honour while Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Manipur, Paulunthang Vaiphei, IAS attended the Functional President.
While Moirang AC MLA Thongam Shanti Singh and Wangkhei MLA Thangjam Arunkumar attended as special guests, Thadou Inpi-GHQ, Yanglet Haokip, who is also the Vice-Chairman of Manipur State Disaster Management Authority attended as the Chief Host in the presence of the local MLA Nemcha Kipgen, who is also the Minister for Textiles, Commerce, and Industry and Cooperation, Govt. of Manipur.
Addressing the gathering, Manipur Governor, Anusuiya Uikey appreciated the Thadou tribe for organizing the Hun cultural festival under the theme, “drug-free society”.
She said that the Hun celebration with its theme, “drug-free society” would play a pivotal role in saving many young lives from the menacing drugs and also in eradicating drugs in society.
The Governor while acknowledging the immense contribution of the tribal people in the nation, said that land, water, and forest are protected and preserved by the tribal people in India.
She also said that the tribal people in the country deserved a proper lifestyle and development while adding that the problems and grievances of the tribal people need to be addressed accordingly.
The Governor of Manipur also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for posting her in the beautiful land of Manipur where the people are very innocent and peace-loving.
She also assured to seriously looks into the problems and grievances of the tribal people and also do her best to address the problems and grievances of the tribal people of Manipur accordingly.
Minister Dr. Ranjan Sapam Singh, MLA Thongam Shanti Singh, and MLA Thangjam Arunkumar also spoke on the occasion.
Traditional dance, music, and indigenous games marked the fourth and fifth sessions of the Hun celebration today.
The night session of the closing ceremony of the Hun celebration will witness the presence of glamorous Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu and Mister and Miss Thadou’s final round while the state Rural Development and Panchayati Raj and MAHUD Minister, Yumnam Khemchand will grace the closing ceremony as Chief Guest along with other ministers and MLAs.
