President Droupadi Murmu presented the Padma Shri Award, 2023 to Moa Subong in the field of Art, at the second Civil Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday. Moa, a folk fusion artist, leads the popular Naga band ‘Abiogenesis’ along with his wife Arenla. He invented the bamboo wind musical instrument called ‘Bamhum’, and also created a new music genre called ‘Howey.
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