Dimapur, Jan 14: Governor PB Acharya has greeted the Chakhesang community on the occasion of Sukrunyi Festival 2017. Sukrunyi celebration is the culmination of all leisure activities and seeking blessing for a bountiful and prosperous year ahead.
As Sukrunyi is celebrated by the young and old with an array of cultural activities through dance, song, food, traditional games and thanks giving to the deities for seeking good fortune and blessings, let us take time to thank Almighty for His unwavering love and blessing for all in this New Year 2017, Acharya said.
He also appealed to continue safeguarding and promoting the culture and mother tongue which is our identity. “Let us also come together and rededicate ourselves to make the atmosphere conducive in our towns and villages for peaceful co¬existence and for an all round development in the State,” he urged.
He further wished that celebration of Sukrunyi festival will bring peace, unity and communal harmony to the Chakhesang community in particular and the Nagas in general.
