The five-day national cultural festival Maati Ke Rang was concluded at the NEZCC Dimapur Complex with great aplomb.
Greeting the artists from the neighbouring countries and from other states of the country, Nagaland Governor, PB Acharya praised the NEZCC Director, Lipokmar Tzudir for taking up the challenge of hosting ‘Maati Ke Rang’ in Dimapur.
“India is a secular, plural and diverse country. North East is full of diversity, and India is known for its unity in diversity-different cultures thriving together. Nagaland also has 16 tribes in a population of 20 lakh…we are diverse and we can move forward together,” the Governor said.
“There are 8 states in the North East but sometimes it feels like one way traffic. Many people from here go to metropolitan cities in India but people from there do not visit the North-East so often,” he added.
Meanwhile, the chief guest for the closing ceremony K.K. Mittal said that the Government of India had intentionally decided to host this edition of the festival in the North-East region.
“The Government of India is trying to generate cross cultivation of cultures in India, and this is possible through festivals like ‘ Maati Ke Rang’,” he said.
The festival saw 33 international performing artists, 255 local artistes, 468 crafts persons, performing artists and food experts from all over India participate. (ANI)