Tribal Museum and Research Centre, Imphal, Manipur- a private museum established in the year 1987 brought out a very popular programme entitled “Know Your Manipur” in the year 1997. Know Your Manipur' as a programme of study tour, adventure, self-discovery began with a three day tour to Willong Khullen village inhabited by one of the important tribal group of Manipur called Maram. Thirty three members from different academic disciplines participated in the tour. The team carried out visual and textual documentation on ethno-cultural aspects of the tribe and soon after one month, the museum conducted onward tour to Lunghar village inhabited by Tangkhul tribe of Manipur under the second phase of the same series. The visual and textual materials collected during the tour were systematically compiled and the findings were published and a book was released in the September 1997. The book titled Know Your Manipur edited by Salam Rajesh under the Museum Publication was indeed a remarkabl...
Mirrors the Traditional Past