3rd Manipur Chinjak Festival : 10th to 16th November 2010
- 10th to 16th November 2010 -
- At Iboyaima Shumang Leela Shanglen, Imphal -

Organized by Innovative Youth Society, Imphal

The Innovative youth Development Association is comming again after the sucessfull career of 1st and the 2nd Manipur Chinjak Festival. The 3rd Manipur Chinjak Festival will be held at Iboyaima Shumang leela Shanglen from 10th to 16th November 2010 with more than 60 Stalls and will be presenting as much as 300 diffrent delicacies of vegetarian and non vegetarian foodies.

The festival is expecting to present much awaited differet delicacies made from Black rice( Chak hou) and varieties of recepies made from pork and chicken. There will also be an opportunity to taste the real flavour of sandung ( wild bull) found only in Chandel. Foods items ranging from Pangang to green Uti and Phola to paknam will be available. And there will also be an creative foods like chak hou biryani and much more.

Scene of crowd and food at the "The Second Manipur Chinzak Festival" on November 30 2009

Foodies gear up for Chinjak Fest
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, October 01 2010: The Chinjak Festival, 2010, a 10-day long event which promises to tickle the palates of foodies with a plethora of veg and non-veg dishes of various indigenous communities in the State, is set to be kicked off from October 29 at the ground of Chaoyaima Higher Secondary School in Thoubal district. The food festival is to be organised by Innovative Youth Society, Imphal in association with Women Income Generation Centre, Thoubal and Peace and Freedom Academy, Thoubal. To ensure the success of the festival, Board of Chinjak Festival, 2010 has been constituted.

Addressing a press conference in connection with the festival at Manipur Press Club here today afternoon, managing director of Board of Chinjak Festival, 2010 Kh Athouba informed that in all 35 stalls would be opened during the 10-day long food extravaganza to be held from October 27 to November 7 . Popular food items and other delicacies associated with places and people like Kakching, Nambol, Bishnupur, Sekmai, Khurai, Kakwa, Maring, Tangkhul of Ukhrul, Keishamthong Kabui village, Hmar of Churachandpur, Anal tribe, Andro, Elangbam Leikai, Thangmeiband, Naharup, etc would be on display and sale at the festival, he disclosed.

He further informed that after this festival, an International Chinzak Festival is also being planned to be organised at Imphal in February, 2011 with main objective of encouraging preservation, promotion and production of indigenous food items not only of Manipur but also of the North East region. In this festival, special stalls would also be put up for food items from South Asian countries like Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan and Korea so as to give a taste of these foods to the people of Manipur.

During the course of the festival, experts would also impart knowledge on increasing food production, food hygiene and proper packaging to attract people of from other States, Athouba added.