Had it not been for radio, Bob Dylan and the guitar, Guru Rewben Mashangva would be sitting in his village in company of cacophonic crickets and children narrating folk tales.

Guru Rewben Mashangva, the father of Naga Folk Blues and the Music Revivalist will be performing at Lamakaan with his high energy team.

Guru has contributed tremendously to the cause of preserving folk music and working towards the revival of Naga Culture in Manipur after the conversion to Anglicized Christianity. Howey and hao are two recent entries in the list of musical genres in the world and Guru Rewben Mashangva is one of the pioneers, the other being the folk rock band Abiogenesis.