{"id":199880,"date":"2022-09-07T02:18:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T20:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=199880"},"modified":"2022-09-07T02:18:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T20:48:38","slug":"central-solung-celebration-begins-in-pasighat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2022\/09\/07\/central-solung-celebration-begins-in-pasighat\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Solung celebration begins in Pasighat"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>We must pass our heritage to young generation: Wage<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PASIGHAT, 6 Sep:<\/strong> The four-day central Solung festival celebration began at Gidii Notko here in East Siang district on Tuesday with traditional fervour and gaiety.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing the inaugural function, IFCSAP president Katung Wage said, &#8220;We owe it to pass onto our young generation our rich cultural heritage and traditions and make them take pride in their heritage, dialects, and customs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Let&#8217;s make it a practice to speak our native dialects with our children, beginning from our homes, and expose them to our festivals and cultural events,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wage informed that the IFCSAP is &#8220;currently undertaking &#8216;Mission towards indigenous roots&#8217;, with the objective of protecting and documentation of our rich heritage and roots.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He appealed to the indigenous people to preserve their age-old belief systems, folklores, folktales, customs, traditions and dialects, &#8220;and<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">protect them from vanishing, through documentation and various efforts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The IFCSAP president also invoked the blessings of Golgi Bote Talom Rukbo, the torchbearer of the indigenous faith movement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagin Cultural Society vice president Tambo Tamin said that &#8220;festivals promote the spirit of oneness and community bonding.&#8221; He spoke also about the efforts of the indigenous affairs department to promote the state&#8217;s indigenous cultures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Central Solung Festival Celebration Committee (CSFCC) president Oyin Moyong informed that &#8220;the first central Solung celebration was celebrated in 1966 in Pangin, at the initiative of Golgi Bote Talom Rukbo, and the central Solung celebration at Pasighat in 1967.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CSFCC chief adviser and litterateur, Kaling Borang, narrated the Solung mythology &#8220;and the significance of performing Taku Tabat, Ekop to propitiate Dadi Bote, Kinenane and Doying Bote for wellbeing of mankind, prosperity and bumper harvest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among others, East Siang DC Tayi Taggu, SP Sumit Kumar Jha, ADC (HQ) Taddo Borang, and IFCSAP vice president (west) Take Dakpe attended the inaugural programme. 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