A first of its kind, the cultural event was attended by eminent personalities and was inaugurated by the Registrar of Pondicherry University Raajiv Yaduvanshi who was the chief guest at the event. Praveer Ranjan (IPS) Inspector General of Police, UT Puducherry was the guest of honour.
The first session of the event started with the National Anthem followed by a welcome speech and the students from the state of Meghalaya graced the occasion with the welcome song. Short documentaries displaying the Culture and heritage were displayed in the function by various Northeast states of India.
The Bodo students performed a traditional dance while students from Arunachal performed a traditional dance -- Tai Lung, which is a special dance performed on Poi Pee Mau. The Meitei students presented the Khamba Thoibi dance: a dance performed on Lai Haraoba -- a festival that celebrates the creation and evolution of mankind. The Mizo students performed the Cheraw dance (Bamboo dance): A dance performed on Chapchakut, their main festival.
The chief guest Raajiv Yaduvanshi then addressed the gathering saying that this was a unique experience for him, even after having travelled to North-east a number of times; he said he had not experienced the cultural heritage in such a scale and thus wishes for such kind of events to take place even in the years to come.
Later, Shad Thma, a warrior dance was performed by the Khasis, which depicted to assert the authority of the woman as the family head while the Nagas enacted a play, titled “The Feast of Merit”, where they showed how Nagas were converted to Christians from headhunting tradition.
The second session of the event started the Ethnic Costume Extravaganza, a culmination of all the traditional dresses of the northeast on one platform worn by various students of their respective states of the region.
There was then the Assamese Drama portraying how times have changed in the state of Assam post independence. The Shad Pliang and the Shad Sukra was then performed by the students of Meghalaya which is a traditional dance of the Jaintia tribe from the state of Meghalaya. The Shad Pliang is a dance done with plates and the Shad Sukra which is the sowing dance of the Jaintias. The Assamese students also performed Bihu Dance, the harvest dance. Among others was also a Garo dance, a Tangkhul dance, Thanlunghnemi, a Mizo song, a Bodo dance.
Source: Morung Express
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