DIMAPUR Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Employment, Bhupender Yadav, has reviewed the central flagship programmes and enquired
Peren, August 25 (MExN): Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, and Employment for the Government of India, Bhupender Yadav undertook a visit to the oil palm field in Ngwalwa, Peren district on August 25.
EM BureauKohima/Dimapur, Nov. 7 (EMN): The Lotha community in Kohima celebrated Tokhu Emong at the Naga Heritage Village, Kisama, on Monday. Addressing the gathering, former Member of Parliament, Khyomo Lotha, said that the post-harvest festival, Tokhu Emong, teaches about work culture and thanked the forefathers for initiating the festival. To this day, the farmers after toiling under the sun and rain, celebrate the result of their works, he added. He said that Tokhu Emong is a time for forgiveness, love, and oneness and appealed to the churches under Wokha district to forgive one another in the spirit of oneness. He informed that Lothas came to Kohima in the 90’s for education and businesses etc., and chose to settle down. ‘Till date, the community has cordial relationships with counterpart communities, especially Kohima village, with whom the special friendship was fostered back in those days. The Lotha community and Kohima village celebrated Tokhu Emong in 1996 where gifts were
Dimapur, Nov. 7 (EMN): Nagaland Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio, on Monday, shared that the way various tribes of the state celebrate their respective festivals is getting better with each passing year and that it helps revive the culture and traditions. Speaking on the occasion of Tokhu Emong festival at Lakhuti village in Wokha district, he said ‘when you lose money, you lose nothing but if you lose your identity, you lose everything’. He, therefore, said it is apt for the Land of Festivals to come together and culminate at the Hornbill Festival to promote the state’s rich traditional culture to showcase the Naga identity. While extending Tokhu Emong greetings to the people on his maiden visit to Lakhuti, Rio said the village has produced a lot of leaders, officers, educationists and many different eminent personalities, as well as lauded the people for maintaining harmony between different (Christian) denominations. However, he lamented that the Naga society is “thoroughly divid
Dimapur, Nov. 6 (EMN): Various organisations led by the deputy chief minister, Y Patton, have greeted the Lotha community on the occasion of Tokhu Emong celebration. Patton stated that Tokhu Emong is a festival of thanksgiving and merry making after a bountiful harvest, adding it is also a time to forgive and reconcile while forging for peace and unity. Patton, on behalf of the state BJP legislators, has conveyed warm Tokhu Emong greetings and expressed hope that it is celebrated in the true spirit of love and forgiveness. In another statement, the Akato Chophi-led NSCN/GPRN has greeted the Lotha community on the occasion of ‘Tokhu Emong’ festival, which is celebrated on November 7. As the words Tokhu in Lotha means ‘feast’ and Emong means ‘rest,’ it stated that the festival is celebrated to signify the end of harvest season. It added that the people celebrate the post harvest festival by making merry and rejoicing in songs, dances and feasting. As the Lotha