{"id":188321,"date":"2022-04-08T02:41:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T21:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=188321"},"modified":"2022-04-08T02:41:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T21:11:08","slug":"ngandam-calls-for-preservation-of-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2022\/04\/08\/ngandam-calls-for-preservation-of-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Ngandam calls for preservation of culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>LONGDING, 7 Apr:<\/strong> RWD Minister Honchun Ngandam called upon the people of Longding district to respect and preserve their culture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Culture is what gives us identity, so we must make efforts to preserve it,&#8221; the minister said while attending the Khamtang celebration (log drum installation programme) in Konnu village in Longding district on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He urged the public to discourage opium production and consumption for the betterment of the society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister interacted with the people regarding various developmental issues, inspected the Konnu sub-centre<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">and the construction site for the community hall, and visited the secondary school in Konnu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kham or log drum is regarded as the world&#8217;s largest musical instrument. Carved out of a huge wood or tree trunk, it is an example of the creativity and craftsmanship of the Wancho people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Log drums are an integral part of the Wancho life. The figure of a typical log drum comprises the head, body, and tail. Sometimes these are decorated with human and animal motifs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister was accompanied by government officers and panchayat leaders during his visit. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGDING, 7 Apr: RWD Minister Honchun Ngandam called upon the people of Longding district to respect and preserve their culture. &#8220;Culture is what gives us identity, so we must make efforts to preserve it,&#8221; the minister said while attending the Khamtang celebration (log drum installation programme) in Konnu village in Longding district on Thursday. He [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-188321","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}