Religion and traditional values
IFP Bureau22 Dec 2023
The age-old traditions and culture of the hill tribes had waned with the advent of Christianity and a modernity devoid of cultural heritage had taken roots among the hill population of Manipur.
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The age-old traditions and culture of the hill tribes had waned with the advent of Christianity and a modernity devoid of cultural heritage had taken roots among the hill population of Manipur.
AKSIL president Khamnam Sobhabati Devi said that Kuki militants are pouring out their anger on the innocent Meitei people as they could not turn towards the government for their eviction from protected and reserve forest areas, and destruction of poppy plantation.
All the necessary steps which need to be taken up by the Manipur State Commission for Scheduled Tribe (MSCST) for the welfare and well-being of the tribal community will be enlisted in the tentative policy programme, says chairperson Thuigai Mathieu Rongmei.
IFP Editorial: ST Demand Committee is furious that the state government is sitting on the letter from Centre with regard to the question of giving ST tag to the Meitei community... The state should open it up to debate.
IFP Editorial: Asking the hill people to do away with the practice of jhum cultivation is like asking them to give up their traditional lifestyle and culture.
The erstwhile Tribal hunters whose livelihood solely depended on hunting and cutting woods are now banned from doing so.