{"id":82996,"date":"2019-10-27T02:03:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T20:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=82996"},"modified":"2019-10-27T02:03:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T20:33:50","slug":"strive-to-strengthen-states-multicultural-status-dcm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/10\/27\/strive-to-strengthen-states-multicultural-status-dcm\/","title":{"rendered":"Strive to strengthen state\u2019s multicultural status: DCM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>JOLLANG, Oct 26:<\/strong> &#8220;Arunachal Pradesh is a state with multicultural societies living together in peace and harmony since time immemorial, and we must strive to strengthen this bonding of love and brotherhood through cultural exchanges,&#8221; said Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein.<br \/>\nAttending the inauguration programme of the &#8216;Food and Cultural Festival&#8217; at the Don Bosco College (DBC) here on Saturday, Mein called for preservation and promotion of the state&#8217;s rich cultural heritage in the form of books or through documentation.<br \/>\n&#8220;Our traditional folk songs and dances, along with indigenous cuisines, can also be presented in a more refined way, and should be showcased in our calendar festivals, like the Ziro Festival of Music, to attract more tourists,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\nMein exhorted the students to maintain discipline and not waste time in amusement, &#8220;as time once wasted will never come back again.&#8221;<br \/>\nStating that the government is providing facilities to facilitate young talents in games and sports, art, and cultural activities to groom them in a proper way, he advised the students to pursue their goals with passion and with the spirit of professionalism in order to succeed in life.<br \/>\nHe assured to extend support to the college in whatever way possible in its pursuit of providing quality education.<br \/>\nDBC Rector Fr CC Jose and DBC Principal Fr Jose George highlighted the objectives of the event.<br \/>\nA multicultural mega dance was presented, and stalls with cuisines of various tribes were put up at the venue by the students.<br \/>\nPresent on the occasion, among others, were Doimukh MLA Tana Hali Tara, AIGP Kime Aya, and Sports Joint Secretary Michael Kamki.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOLLANG, Oct 26: &#8220;Arunachal Pradesh is a state with multicultural societies living together in peace and harmony since time immemorial, and we must strive to strengthen this bonding of love and brotherhood through cultural exchanges,&#8221; said Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein. Attending the inauguration programme of the &#8216;Food and Cultural Festival&#8217; at the Don Bosco [&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-82996","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\/82996","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=82996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}