{"id":234955,"date":"2024-02-16T00:40:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T19:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=234955"},"modified":"2024-02-16T00:40:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T19:10:23","slug":"tamla-du-festival-celebrated-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/02\/16\/tamla-du-festival-celebrated-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamla-Du festival celebrated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>TEZU, 15 Feb:<\/strong> Tamla-Du festival was celebrated with great enthusiasm and traditional gaiety here in Lohit district on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing the participants in the festival, MLA Karikho Kri said that &#8220;Tamla-Du festival is the identity of the Mishmi culture, and the festival intends to showcase the rich cultural heritage of the Mishmis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that &#8220;there is a need to document every ritual, dialogue, chanting, and priest&#8217;s healing power, so that these do not become extinct.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">APMDATCL Chairman Dr Mohesh Chai, who also attended the celebration, said, &#8220;In this 21st century, we are getting influenced by the process of westernisation, which is posing a challenge to our tradition and culture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He emphasised the need for preserving the Mishmi dialect, &#8220;which is already endangered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also urged the youths to focus on education and prepare for competitive exams like UPSC\/APPSC, etc, and advocated &#8220;concerted efforts by all stakeholders to fight the drug menace and minimise road accidents in the district.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chai also urged all the sub-tribes of the Mishmi community to &#8220;come together and stay united.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deputy Commissioner Shashvat Saurabh said that the celebration of Tamla-Du &#8220;is an important occasion to showcase the rich culture of the Mishmi community,&#8221; adding that the festival also strengthens the solidarity among the Mishmi sub-tribes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tamla-Du, predominantly an agriculture and environment-friendly festival, is celebrated annually by the Mishmi community since 1970. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEZU, 15 Feb: Tamla-Du festival was celebrated with great enthusiasm and traditional gaiety here in Lohit district on Thursday. Addressing the participants in the festival, MLA Karikho Kri said that &#8220;Tamla-Du festival is the identity of the Mishmi culture, and the festival intends to showcase the rich cultural heritage of the Mishmis.&#8221; He said that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-234955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234955","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=234955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}