Bamboo Dance, Bamboo Plantation, Lecture on Bamboo by resource person to mark the observation of World Bamboo Day at Khangshim Community Hall under Chandel District.
The event organizers for the observation are Wa Gi Wa Sangaiprou and Khangshim Village Authority.
Mention may also be made that Manipur is a large producer of Bamboo and it supplies huge bamboo to paper mills and craftsman of the State are producing many products from Bamboo.
However Bamboo plantation are depleting in most part of the plain area as people started constructing houses after erasing the plantation. In Imphal area over the last ten twenty year drastic change has taken place as people hardly seen Bamboo growing.
Commercially most of the bamboo are also used in construction works. Tent houses use bamboo to make tents. Fencing are mostly done by bamboo and the plant is very important. As such plantation is becoming a must.
Nikhlesh Jha Additional Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary Forest Government of Manipur. Kamesh Salam founder of World Bamboo Day and South Asia Bamboo Foundation, Robert Singh Ksh Deputy Commisioner Chandel, James Khaling Ex Chairman of Khangshim Village Authority will preside the function.
Haobam Sukumar Designer and Bamboo Development, Kh. Devabratta of Deva Bamboo and allied industries will give lecture on Bamboo.
The bamboo dance by Khoibu group will entertain the crowd.
Photo: Bamboo furniture.
