Ningol Chakkouba greeting
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, October 26 2011:
President of Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) Gaikhangam has greeted the people of Manipur on the occasion of Ningol Chakkouba festival, which is to be celebrated on October 28 .
In his greeting, Gaikhangam observed that Ningol Chakkouba is a festival that symbolizes the sacred bond between the brothers and the sisters.
In this festival, the brothers invite their sisters for a feasting and seek blessing from them.
Today, the scope of celebrating the festival has been expanded along with inclusion of sisters from other communities, thereby bringing together all the communities as one, Gaikhangam said, while wishing that celebration of the festival would usher in peace and prosperity in the State.