IMPHAL, Sept. 10: NNN Inspite of strong opposition from some quarters in observing \u201c13 September Kukis\u2019 Black Day\u201d, with the onset of September a social networking giant Facebook group photos of Chin-Kuki groups viz \u201cKuki Kahi Kakipah E\u201d (I\u2019m Proud to be Kuki), BOMBIEL and VOICE OF THE HILLS have gone black with \u201cKUKI BLACK DAY\u201d inscribed on it, while group members mostly students, employees and professionals have too blackened their prolife pictures to commemorate and as a tribute to the 900 plus Kukis killed during the early 1990s ethnic violence.
\nSeptember 13 has been observed as Kuki Black Day for several years now by the Kukis as on this day maximum number of Kukis were killed in 1993 in the 1990s ethnic problem between the Kukis and the Nagas.
\nMeanwhile, when asked by NNN as to why they have blackened their profile pictures, a young student activist Mangcha Baite said, \u201cAs usual for several years Kukis have been observing September 13 as Kukis\u2019 Black Day and as we feel it is our moral obligation to commemorate we\u2019ve blackened our profile pictures in reverence to the departed souls who were killed during the early 1990s ethnic violence at the least through this social networking site and it\u2019s very unfortunate that since the last couple of years some sections have misconceived the observance of the Kukis Black Day saying it could instill negative impression to the younger generations.\u201d
\nHe further said that, \u201cThere\u2019s nothing as such, instead the day is observed as a day of prayer to the Almighty and purely in remembrance of the departed souls and a day of introspection.\u201d<\/p>\n\n