President Ram Nath Kovind Presents Sangeet Natak Awards

NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday presented the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for 2017 to 42 artists from the fields of music, dance, theatre, traditional/folk/tribal music/dance/theatre and puppetry. The four artistes from North East who were awarded the award were Jagannath Bayan (traditional music, Khol, Assam), LN Oinam Ongbi Dhoni Devi (Manipuri), Shougrakpam Hemanta Singh (Shumang Leela, Manipur) for theatre, and KC Runremsangi (Mizoram) for folk music. (IANS)

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