Our Reporter
Dimapur, Oct. 27 (EMN): To preserve and promote Naga artefacts, the Kipi Qomi Welfare Society (KQWS), a non-profit charitable organisation, opened an artefact gallery called the ‘Dimapur Museum’ on October 26 at Hevishe village in Dimapur.
Speaking as the special guest of the event, the minister for PHED Jacob Zhimomi lauded the KQWS for initiating the work in the interest of the community’s culture.
Zhimomi expressed hope that the establishment of the museum would now acquaint young people with the antiquities of the Naga people.
In encouraging the people to assist the government toward building a better environment, the minister appealed to the people to cooperate with the government in doing away with single-use plastic.
Another request that he made was that the people provide land for free whenever developmental schemes come to the locality. He lamented that many individuals were selling lands all on the pretext of trying to satisfy standard of lifestyle.
The minister urged the people to take care of the land that they have.
The chairman of the KQWS Kughaho Khala said in his address at the event that the aim behind the establishment of the museum was to preserve the artefacts of the Nagas.
‘Most of the Naga artefacts have been destroyed with the conversion of the Naga people to Christianity and that antiquities are still slowly perishing,’ he said, expressing belief that the museum would now help in preserving the history and artefacts of the Naga people.
Khala thanked the ministry of Culture for the financial assistance it provided during the construction of the building, which started in 2017 and was completed on Oct. 20 2019. He appealed to individuals to contribute artefacts.
