A day before it is set to resume following a two-year hiatus due to the ongoing conflict in the state, Manipur ’s biggest tourism festival — the Sangai Festival — ran into trouble, with protesters opposing the festival clashing with security forces in Imphal on Thursday. The clash left at least three people injured.

The Manipur Sangai Festival, which was held for the first time in 2010, was last held in November 2022. It was not held in 2023 or 2024, after the ethnic conflict broke out in Manipur in May 2023.

This year, after the state government resumed its second-largest festival, the Shirui Lily Festival in Ukhrul this May, it decided to bring the Sangai Festival back for its 12th edition.

The festival is scheduled to be a 10-day event from November 21 to November 30. Musical per

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