SAC members, Union ministers inaugurate Diamond Jubilee Kachin State Day ceremony, attend Myanmar Traditional Boxing Challenges

 

 

The opening ceremony of the 75^th Anniversary (Diamond Ju­bilee) Kachin State Day which falls on 10 January 2023 was held with the traditional Manaw dance revealing the unity of the indigenous peoples, on the lawn in front of the Kachin Govern­ment Office at 8 am yesterday.

 

State Administration Coun­cil members Jeng Phang Naw Taung, U Moung Har, U Sai Lon Seng and U Shwe Kyein, Union Ministers Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung, U Maung Maung Ohn, U Hla Moe, U Thaung Han, U Aung Naing Oo, Dr Nyunt Pe, U Min Thein Zan, U Myo Thant and U Saw Tun Aung Myint, Deputy Ministers Maj- Gen Phyo Thant and U Zaw Aye Maung were present at the ceremony. Kachin State Chief Minister U Khet Htein Nan and members, Advocate-General of Kachin State and ethnic tra­ditional cultural troupes wel­comed them with a traditional dance.

 

The ceremonies were opened by Union ministers and deputy ministers by cutting the ribbon.

 

Next, SAC members and officials, six Kachin tribes in Kachin State, five Shan clans and Bamar ethnic cultural troupes, trainees from the ed­ucation degree college and the nursing school, and students from the Border Youth Devel­opment School happily enjoyed the traditional Manaw dance with the lead of Nau Shawng (leaders of Manaw dance).

 

Then, SAC members and officials viewed round the ex­hibition booths of respective departments.

 

Later, SAC members and the party cut the ribbon to open the Myanmar Traditional Box­ing Challenges, co-hosted by the Sports and Physical Education Department and the Myanmar Traditional Boxing Federation (Upper Myanmar) to mark the Diamond Jubilee Kachin State Day, and then they watched the boxing matches.—Kachin State IPRD/CT