{"id":6019,"date":"2025-11-30T19:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T14:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/?p=6019"},"modified":"2026-01-19T05:18:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T05:18:33","slug":"governor-closes-12th-manipur-sangai-festival-2025-at-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/30\/governor-closes-12th-manipur-sangai-festival-2025-at-boat\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Closes 12th Manipur Sangai Festival 2025 at BOAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>12th Manipur Sangai Festival 2025<\/strong> concluded this evening with a grand closing ceremony at the Bhagyachandra Open Air Theatre (BOAT), Imphal, graced by <strong>Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla<\/strong>. The festival returned after a two-year break, drawing wide participation over its 10-day celebration themed as the \u2018<strong>Festival of Oneness<\/strong>.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Artistes from the Government Dance College opened the ceremony with a choreographic performance promoting unity and showcasing Manipur\u2019s cultural richness.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6022\" src=\"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/Ichel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sangai-closing-13-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In his address, the Governor said this year\u2019s festival ended on a strong note of unity and cultural pride despite challenges. He stressed the State Government\u2019s focus on boosting Manipur\u2019s tourism through strategic promotion and major infrastructure projects. He added that the festival served as a key platform connecting tourism stakeholders from across India and abroad.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6023\" src=\"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/Ichel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sangai-closing-9-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6026\" src=\"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/Ichel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sangai-closing-8-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Governor also highlighted the wide range of events\u2014from the Sangai Film Festival to traditional sports\u2014that reflected the vibrancy of Manipuri arts, sports, and community life. He thanked all departments and the people of Manipur for their cooperation, noting that collective efforts ensured the smooth conduct of the festival and upheld its message of unity and resilience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6024\" src=\"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/Ichel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sangai-closing-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6025\" src=\"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/Ichel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sangai-closing-4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The closing function was attended by the Chief Secretary, Security Advisor, Advocate General, GOC 3 Corps, senior officials of the State Government, and civil, police and military officers, along with members of the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 12th Manipur Sangai Festival 2025 concluded this evening with a grand closing ceremony at the Bhagyachandra Open Air Theatre (BOAT), Imphal, graced by Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla. The festival &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/30\/governor-closes-12th-manipur-sangai-festival-2025-at-boat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,33],"tags":[1188,1422,1423,1191,1424,1192,63,859,1182,1425,1426],"class_list":["post-6019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inn","category-state","tag-boat-imphal","tag-closing-ceremony","tag-cultural-performances","tag-festival-of-oneness","tag-government-dance-college","tag-governor-ajay-kumar-bhalla","tag-manipur-news","tag-manipur-sangai-festival-2025","tag-manipur-tourism","tag-sangai-film-festival","tag-traditional-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8307,"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6019\/revisions\/8307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ichelnewsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}