Sixth North East Youth Peace and Cultural Festival would begin September 20 at Holy Cross Higher Secondary School Dimapur.
Around 700-800 youth from Nagaland and northeast India would be arriving Dimapur to participate in the festival being jointly organized by People’s Forum for Peace (PFP) and Peace Channel from September 20 to 23 on the theme ‘Peace building through reconciliation’.
The festival is an annual event to commemorate the International Day of Peace and the Foundation Day of Peace Channel and PFP.
In preparation of the event, PFP and volunteers from various schools on September 18 had a meeting to asses and give a final touch to the north east youth peace and cultural festival.
The festival would kick off with peace concert featuring Peace Band on September 20 at 4 p.m.
Minister for youth resources and sports, Merentoshi R. Jamir would grace the inaugural function on September 21, at 10 a.m. as chief guest.
The valedictory function on September 22, at 2.30 p.m would be held with Hushili Sema IAS, deputy commissioner, Dimapur as chief guest and Geoffrey Yaden, Editor, Nagaland Post as guest of honour.
Message will be delivered by Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Nagaland who is also the chairman of Peace Channel.
During the programme, Peace Channel award, 2013 would be conferred to I. Vitokhe Assumi, former Sumi Hoho president and social activist from Littami village of Zunheboto district for his commendable contribution towards peace building and reconciliation in Nagaland.
The award will be sponsored by State Bank of India. The three-day event will also enable integration through inter-cultural interaction and sharing, facilitate learning through input session, panel discussions and discourses from leading personalities, provide entertainment through exposition of cultural dances, songs and art forms and inculcate peace in the mind and hearts of the participants.