Rajya Sabha MP from Assam , Biswajit Daimary (Centre) lighting the lamp in commemoration of Kachari social leaders at the celebration programme of ‘Aai Sagi’ the post-harvest festival of Mech-Kacharis at Darogajan, Dimapur, on Wednesday.
DIMAPUR | JANUARY 14 : Tribals of the Bodo linguistic group have agreed to build closer bond among themselves and to preserve and promote their cultural identity, despite separation by political boundaries.
The need to foster better relation among the ethnic group was stressed by various speakers and tribal leaders at the post-harvest festival celebration of the Mech Kacharis - Aai Sagi – organized by the All Dimapur Mech Kachari Customary Organisation at Kachari Sports Complex, Darogajan, on Wednesday.
Rajya Sabha MP from Assam , Biswajit Daimary, who was the chief guest of the celebration, underscored the need of the Bodo ethnic group including Dimasas, Kacharis and Bodos, to maintain a united front for their own wellbeing. He said that people under the Bodo linguistic group are not different from each other despite being separated by political boundaries in different parts of the Northeast, West Bengal and Nepal .
The MP also has also impressed upon the congregation to preserve their culture and promote local dialects and said that culture was the essence of their identity. Vice president of Bodo Sahitya Sabha, Bisweswar Basumatary, who was the guest of honour in his address, called upon the group to imbibe the value of work culture, saying that without work culture there cannot be a strong economy, which is the backbone of progress.
Chairman of the People’s Supreme Council of Dimaraji, Dilip Nunisa, while highlighting the plight of minority in the State, urged the people in authority, including the underground groups irrespective of factions to safeguard and protect the interest and rights of the Kachari community.
Traditional dances by the Mech Kachari, Dimasa Kachari, Garo, Sumi and Chakhesang communities marked the cultural extravaganza, which was followed by a grand community feast. Aai Sagi festival signifies offering of thanks to the deities for a plentiful harvest and feasting and merry making. The celebration is also an effort to showcase tradition, customs and rituals of the Kacharis to enable younger generation inherit and pass onward to their posterity.
The need to foster better relation among the ethnic group was stressed by various speakers and tribal leaders at the post-harvest festival celebration of the Mech Kacharis - Aai Sagi – organized by the All Dimapur Mech Kachari Customary Organisation at Kachari Sports Complex, Darogajan, on Wednesday.
Rajya Sabha MP from Assam , Biswajit Daimary, who was the chief guest of the celebration, underscored the need of the Bodo ethnic group including Dimasas, Kacharis and Bodos, to maintain a united front for their own wellbeing. He said that people under the Bodo linguistic group are not different from each other despite being separated by political boundaries in different parts of the Northeast, West Bengal and Nepal .
The MP also has also impressed upon the congregation to preserve their culture and promote local dialects and said that culture was the essence of their identity. Vice president of Bodo Sahitya Sabha, Bisweswar Basumatary, who was the guest of honour in his address, called upon the group to imbibe the value of work culture, saying that without work culture there cannot be a strong economy, which is the backbone of progress.
Chairman of the People’s Supreme Council of Dimaraji, Dilip Nunisa, while highlighting the plight of minority in the State, urged the people in authority, including the underground groups irrespective of factions to safeguard and protect the interest and rights of the Kachari community.
Traditional dances by the Mech Kachari, Dimasa Kachari, Garo, Sumi and Chakhesang communities marked the cultural extravaganza, which was followed by a grand community feast. Aai Sagi festival signifies offering of thanks to the deities for a plentiful harvest and feasting and merry making. The celebration is also an effort to showcase tradition, customs and rituals of the Kacharis to enable younger generation inherit and pass onward to their posterity.
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