Miss Universe Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu to attend Hun-Thadou Festival in Kangpokpi

Hun is the most important festival of the Thadou people, the second largest tribe in the state of Manipur

By Kaybie Chongloi

Adding a dash of glamour, Miss Universe Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu would be the showstopper in the 5th state-level “Hun 2023” – Thadou Cultural Festival to be held at Kangpokpi District Headquarters in Manipur from April 18, 2023.

The event will also be attended by the Union Cabinet Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda, Union Minister of State for Education and External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh apart from Governor of Manipur, Anusuiya Uikey, Chief Minister of Manipur N. Biren Singh and other cabinet ministers and MLAs of the state.

Hun is the most important festival of the Thadou people, the second-largest tribe in the state of Manipur.

Hun, according to the Thadou, etymologically signifies time and season. The ‘time’ here significantly encompasses something of the entire cosmology-from earth to heaven, death to life, and all the affairs of man and his spirituality. Hun is an archaic but formal form of time in the above sense of the language.

Hun, which is celebrated for seven days, is more than a cultural festival. It is a civilizing act of the Thadous. It is the custom, the culture, the religious affairs, and the greatest occasion for almost everything in the social, religious, and political life of the Thadou Tribe.

Hun 2023 will be organized under the theme, “drug-free society” and the motto, “My Culture, My Identity”.

Significantly, the state Government of Manipur on January 27, 2023, declared April 7 as a restricted holiday in the state of Manipur on the occasion of Hun, the Thadou Cultural Festival.

Preparation for the Thadou cultural festival at Brig. M. Thomas Ground Kangpokpi is nearing completion. Local MLA, Nemcha Kipgen, who is also the Minister for Textiles, Commerce, and Industry and Cooperation, Govt. of Manipur had on Saturday inspected the venue, stalls, and stage being set up for the festival.

Miss Universe Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu will be the showstopper for Manipur designer of international repute Robert Naorem.

Mister and Miss Thadou beauty contests, Thadou folk songs, folk dance, and folk music, Thadou modern songs, tastes of Thadou cuisines, Thadou Handloom and Handicrafts, Thadou indigenous games and sports, and Thadou traditional attires will be the main highlights of the two day event.

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