Naga Music Research Centre launched to promote traditional music

Our Correspondent
Kohima, Dec. 10 (EMN): In a bid to preserve and promote Naga traditional music, a research institution called Naga Music Research Centre was inaugurated in Kohima on Thursday.

The centre was conceptualised by the Nagaland College of Music and Fine Arts (NCMFA) and is located at Khrutshiezhü below Phezhu Jotsoma, T Khel Model Village in Kohima district.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister for Planning and Co-ordination, Land Revenue and Parliamentary Affairs, Neiba Kronu expressed hope that initiatives would be taken to gather extensive knowledge of the Naga traditional music.

He stressed on the need for thorough research and avenues to promote traditional Naga music.

With Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio’s initiative to make music as an industry in the state, there has been a lot of progress, Kronu observed.

He lauded NCMFA for coming up with the idea of Naga Music Research Centre. 

The managing director of NCMFA, Vesato Theluo, said that the centre was started due to ‘concern and desire to preserve our rich and beautiful culture and music and to promote our Naga music’.

The NCMFA has a wider vision to make it big in future by carrying Naga culture and music to the next level of research for younger generations to experience, and be rooted in original culture and music, he added.

Theluo informed that the project has been brought thus far with the help of Rural Development department. He further requested the government to help achieve this ‘noble project’ for the Nagas as a whole.

He also observed that under the leadership of the incumbent chief minister, the present government is doing a lot for music industry and expressed his gratitude.