Friday, May 17, 2013

AKRS to celebrate communal harmony during Sakewa at Saramsa

GANGTOK, 16 May: The Rai festival of Sakewa will be held at Saramsa here on 27 May, with the Akhil Kirat Rai Sangh, Sikkim, announcing that the celebration will be held on a grand scale.
Addressing a press conference here at the Press Club of Sikkim today, the AKRS president, Dr. SK Rai, informed that the state-level celebration of Sakewa-2013 was being organized at Saramsa as the Rai Gaon project coming up at Ranka was still under construction. “Last year, the state level celebration of Sakewa was held in South District, this year we are holding it in the East District, next year we plan to hold it in West Sikkim and in the fourth year, will hold the celebrations at the block level,” he said.
Sakewa will be celebrated this year as “Sadbhawana Diwas”, AKRS informs.
The conference was also addressed by Mohan Dungmali [president, Sakewa Organising Committee 2013], who informed that the event will feature cultural programmes, food stalls and displays of the cultural wealth of the Rai community.
This year’s Sakewa celebration will have the Governor as the chief guest and the Chief Minister as guest of honour accompanied by the Minister for Tribal Affairs & Panchayati Raj [Government of India] Vyricherla Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo as special guest. AKRS also plans to felicitate five persons - PR Bhutia, Tenzing Loday Lepcha, Dhurba Lohagan, PB Muningla and PM Rai - for their contributions towards their respective communities. In keeping with the theme of this year’s Sakewa – Sadhbhavna - AKRS will also be handing over tokens of appreciation to the presidents [15] of organizations and associations representing the various ethnic communities of Sikkim.

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