64th KVSA Meet 2020 from January 6

64th KVSA meet organizing committee officials during press conference in Koima on January 2. (Morung Photo)

Our Correspondent
Kohima | January 2 

The Kohima Village Youth Organization (KVYO) is all set to host 64th KVSA meet 2020 from January 6 to 11 here.
A total cash prize amounting to Rs. 4.5 lakh has been set for this mega sports event.

The weeklong meet will see around 350 to 400 youth competing for 45 Gold, 45 Silver and 24 Bronze medals in 26 athletics and six games event.

KVYO officials told the press conference today that athletics and football will be conducted at Indira Gandhi Stadium Kohima while Naga wrestling, volleyball and basketball ball will take place at Kohima Local ground.

Naga wrestling has been scheduled for January 11.

For the first time, under-16 open Naga wrestling will be conducted on January 8 at L. Khel Indoor Stadium.

Indoor games- Badminton, Table Tennis and Chess will be conducted d at Indoor Stadium, Officers’ Hill, Kohima.

64th KVSA Meet 2020 organizing committee convenor Medozhatuo Rutsa said that the opening ceremony will take place on January 6 at Khuochiezie, Kohima Local Ground at 5:30 PM.

Kohima Village Council chairman Dr. Neiphi Kire will be the chief host of the opening ceremony and address the gathering.

Drill display, music, traditional act play will mark the opening ceremony.

KVYO extended its invitation to everyone to join the opening ceremony.

About 75 years back, some village elders of Kohima village introduced sports as a means to bring together youths of the four khels of Kohima village in the form of the present KVSA Meet because back then, there was enmity among the khels like restriction of grazing of cattle on each other’s land, restriction of drawing water from each other's ponds, and restriction on inter-khel socializing, land and property confrontations etc.

Then the first edition of the KVSA Meet was conducted with significant understanding and sense of friendship among the khels.

Initially Naga wrestling played a key role as it was naturally the sport of friendship where two wrestlers who faced each other remained bosom friends for life. Eventually other sports disciplines were also added and the event started growing in the desired manner.

KVSA (Kohima Village Sports Association) happened to be the second oldest registered sports body in North Eastern states, after Guwahati Club.

Organizing committee member Kethosituo Mepfhüo communicated that 64h KVSA has chosen stag as mascot named “Adielo.”

He said a stag is a symbol of grace and elegance, one that is not aggressive and is pleasant to look at and also it is a symbol of speed and agility.

In Tenyidie it is called “Tekhra" which is a term that renders the listener to have a feeling of something that is big or great.

The stag is also considered to be the biggest among the prized animals that hunters are after. In the olden times, if a hunter kills a stag, certain ceremonial rites are performed on his feat and he is bestowed a status that is equal to that of highly-placed warriors.

The name of the Mascot—‘Adielo’ is taken from perhaps the nicest and most meaningful word in Tenyidie.

It means 'to forgive one another or 'to not stand up against one another or 'to think for the welfare of one another, Mepfhüo added.