{"id":274213,"date":"2025-11-23T00:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T19:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=274213"},"modified":"2025-11-23T00:55:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T19:25:14","slug":"57th-nocte-chalo-loku-celebration-begins-in-khonsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/11\/23\/57th-nocte-chalo-loku-celebration-begins-in-khonsa\/","title":{"rendered":"57th Nocte Chalo Loku celebration begins in Khonsa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>KHONSA, 22 Nov:<\/strong> The five-day-long 57th Nocte Chalo Loku celebration commenced with the inauguration of three major events &#8211; the indigenous food festival, indigenous sports, and the pulling of the traditional log drum (tham-siet) &#8211; by Huakan chief Kamwang Lowang at the Loku ground in Nehru Stadium here in Tirap district on Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his inaugural address, Lowang prayed to the almighty Rang for happiness, peace, prosperity, and a bountiful harvest for the entire Nocte community in the years ahead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While visiting the 64 stalls showcasing indigenous food and traditional ornaments, he expressed pride in being part of the vibrant cultural celebration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He emphasised the need to promote organic and locally sourced indigenous food over commercially processed alternatives, highlighting the health benefits of consuming organic produce.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As part of the festivities, traditional sports events and the ceremonial pulling of the large traditional log drum, locally known as tham-siet, were also conducted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the occasion, the chief of Huakan distributed cash prizes to the winners of the stilt walk fight and bamboo pole climbing competitions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lowang was accompanied by gaon buras, GPMs, members of the Elite Society of Dadam area led byits president Tirang Sumnyan, and members of the Huakan Youth Welfare Association. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KHONSA, 22 Nov: The five-day-long 57th Nocte Chalo Loku celebration commenced with the inauguration of three major events &#8211; the indigenous food festival, indigenous sports, and the pulling of the traditional log drum (tham-siet) &#8211; by Huakan chief Kamwang Lowang at the Loku ground in Nehru Stadium here in Tirap district on Friday. In his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-274213","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\/274213","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=274213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}