Staff Reporter
NAHARLAGUN, Jan 6: The Tagin community of the State capital today celebrated their most prominent festival Si-Donyi in a befitting manner here at Art & Culture Ground here today. The three-day festival beginning on January 4 last for social well-being and peace witnessed huge participation with traditional gaiety. The day was marked with various religious prayers and sacrifices of domestic animals solemnized by the local priest. However, the main attraction of the celebration was colourful cultural and traditional dances presented by various cultural troupes of the community.
Attending the celebration as the Chief Guest MP Takam Sanjoy expressed happiness over the maintenance of the aged old culture, tradition and customs by the Tagin community. Emphasizing that culture is written in the epitaph of our blood, he called upon all sections of the people to uphold their respective cultures.
“Importance of our custom and tradition is not confined to the state only. This we realize when leave the State,” he said underscoring the importance of preserving the core values of respective cultures as people are identified and known by their cultures. Sanjay called upon the people not to believe in the concept of ‘sword is mightier than everything’, which is inherent in all tribes of the Tani clan, in this age of science and technology. He reiterated that people of all Tani origin have to believe that pen is mightier than the sword for their overall socio-economic development.
Local MLA Techi Kaso, Guest of Honour of the celebration, while greeting the people on the occasion, said, “All human beings are brothers and sisters and therefore we should not discriminate anybody.”
He assured to work with the members of the community in close coordination for general welfare and development of the people of the capital complex. The MLA also assured the people of helping build a Si-Donyi festival ground in the city as requested by the festival committee. Earlier, Secretary of the festival committee, Dr Gyamro Garam, narrated the myth of Si-Donyi and highlighted the significance of the celebration. He said Si-Donyi festival carries the age-old beliefs, faith, philosophy and cultural values of the Tagin community through hymns of the priest, rituals, folklores and other practices.
Sachak Dikki, the head priest of the Si-Donyi festival, who hails from Daporijo, has been performing the rituals since January 4. Other highlights of the celebration were cultural competitions, rituals, prize distribution and a common feast. THE SENTINEL
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