On the occasion of New Year, visitors at the Manav Sangrahalaya welcomed 2016 with a grand celebration in a north-eastern style. The concluding eve of cultural performances of the North-East craft-cum-demonstration fair ‘Kriti 2015’ witnessed a gathering of huge crowds.
The culture buffs of State capital and visitors enjoyed the day and eve at IGRMS with shopping of North-eastern craft and cultural performances.
The traditional tunes of Assam, Manipur and Sikkim stroked the festive chord of the visitors, compelling them to dance along. The last day of three days long dance festival performances commenced with ‘Doiti’ dance of Manipur followed by ‘Bar-Dai-Shikhla’ dance of Bodo tribe of Assam.
The third performance of the evening was ‘Ghantu’ dance by artists from Nepali community of Sikkim. The drums of Bihu dance of Assam gave traditional yet energetic turn to New Year celebrations of the guests present. Followed by another energetic performance by Meitei community of Manipur of ‘lai Haraoba’ dance.
later ‘Ran Chandi’ dance of Assam was presented by Bodo community. The last performance of the evening ‘Tamang Chelo’ of Sikkim concluded the festival by giving a memorable evening to the audience.
An exhibition based on a giant python ‘Poubi lai’ will commence from January 7, 2016. The exhibition named after Poubi lai is based on the story of a 21 ft long wooden Python and mythological stories of Meitei community of Manipur.
This exhibition not only displays useful methods of existing environmental protection and also urges importance of religious harmony and social tolerance in the society.