KOHIMA — The
minister of Women Resource Development and Horticulture, Salhoutuonuo Kruse,
advised the entrepreneurs at the Hornbill Festival to sell their products at
reasonable rate saying that there is more advantage in selling huge quantity of
goods at a lower rate than to sell few at high price.
She was speaking at the 25th Hornbill Festival-cum-Myki fest
2024 prize distribution ceremony on Tuesday at Exhibition Hall, Hortiscape,
Kisama, organised by the Department of Women Resource Development (WRD).
Kruse expressed that such kind of display and sale is
developing the women, tradition and culture. She also expressed her gratitude
to the chief minister of Nagaland for his help to uplift the women in every
sector.
She believed that in the coming days and years, a time would
come for the women to generate revenues through handloom and weaving sector,
while at the same time enable the younger generation to preserve their culture.
She further reminded the Nagas to never forget their roots
no matter where they go, so that the next generation would also know about
their culture. She also asked the women weavers and the departments to work
towards training the women so that it could be passed on from generation to
generation.
YWO wins tribal designs exhibition
The Yimkhiung Women Organisation (YWO) won the first place
under the category of tribal designs exhibition and received cash award of INR
50,000.
The Angami Women Organisation (AWO) secured the second place
and received INR 30,000, and the Konyak Ngupuh Sheko Khong (KNSK) secured the
third place and received INR 1NR 12,000.
Under the entrepreneurs women stalls category, Earthbound
Mementos won the first place and received a cash prize of INR 24,000, while the
Naga Touch and Myrtle by HELOISE secured the second and third position
respectively. They were cash award of INR 15,000 and INR 9,000 respectively.
Vilone Sakhrie, director of WRD, informed that the
exhibition was to recognise the contribution the women towards the
socio-economic development of the state. The fest was conceptualised to
celebrate the women in particular and added that the fest was the desire of the
government to acknowledge the role played by women in the society.
Zhothisa Dawhuo, commissioner and secretary of WRD, reminded
that the motive of the fest was to improve the socio economic status of the
women in the society, uplift them and facilitate self-dependency.
A total of 17 recognised tribes of Nagaland including
Angami, Ao, Chakhesang,Chang,
Khiamniungan, Kuki, Konyak, Kachari, Lotha, Phom, Pochury, Rengma, Sangtam,
Sumi, Tikhir, Yimkhiung and Zeliang, exhibited their tribal attires and designs
at the fest.
