Queen Apei Hinga of Maram Namdi (Maram Khullen) will be this year`s Lui-Ngai-Ni festival at Senapati where she will also perform a traditional ritual of blessing the Naga seed-sowing festival.
Lui-Ngai-Ni, a seed sowing festival of the Nagas is a state festival of Manipur celebrated every year on February 15 with gala cultural shows.
Apart from the Nagas, other communities like the Kukis and the Gorkhas will also present their cultural items during the celebration at Senapati, according to the organising committee of the festival.
Meanwhile, noted artists from Nagaland and Manipur will be taking part in the festival which kick-starts from February 14 evening.
Preparations for the day have been in full swing at Senapati headquarters.
All the Naga tribes in Manipur will present their cultural items in the day-long celebration at Senapati.
Normally tourists are attracted every year by the very feature of the Lui-Ngai-Ni where Naga cultural and traditional programmes are show-cased.