Guinness record created for largest traditional Konyak dance
4,687 Konyak Naga tribe women dance to set world record
Kohima, Apr 10: An organisation of the Konyak Naga tribe has set a Guinness World Record for the "Largest Traditional Konyak Dance".
The official communication in this regard was received from the Guinness World Records authorities on Tuesday night, Manlip Konyak, president of the Konyak Union, said Wednesday.
A total of 4,687 Konyak Naga women in their colourful traditional attire had come together on April 5 in an attempt to create a record for the "Largest Traditional Konyak Dance".
In their attempt, the Konyak women danced to the beats of traditional instruments and sang a ceremonial song for five minutes and one second, the organisers had said here.
Konyak is one of the 16 Naga tribes and people of this community live mainly in the Mon district of Nagaland.
The programme was organised at Mon during the Aoleang Monyu, an annual festival of the Konyak tribe to welcome the spring.
The declaration on the record was delayed as official adjudicators of the Guinness World Records could not come to judge the attempt on the day of the event. However, their representatives from the North East Zone Cultural Centre under the
Ministry of Culture were present.
The representatives had sent evidences of the programme to the Guinness authorities.
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Allahabad HC dismisses petition seeking permission to mount loudspeaker on mosque
Prayagraj, Jan 24 (PTI): The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition seeking direction to the state authorities to permit the mounting of loudspeakers on a Masjid.
The court observed that the religious places were for offering prayers, therefore the use of loudspeakers was not a matter of right.
Dismissing the writ petition filed by Pilibhit-resident Mukhtiyar Ahmad, a two judge-bench, comprising Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Donadi Ramesh, observed, "Religious places are for offering prayers to the divinity and use of loudspeakers cannot be claimed as a matter of right, particularly when often such use of loudspeakers create nuisance for the residents".
At the outset, the state counsel objected to the maintainability of the writ on the grounds that the petitioner was neither a mutawalli, nor did the mosque belong to him.
The court also noted that the petitioner did not have locus to file the writ petition.
The term 'locus' is a legal concept that refers to the right of a person or entity to participate in a legal proceeding or bring a lawsuit.
