MANIPUR CULTURE

Manipur, described as the jewel of India lies south of Nagaland and north of Mizoram.It shares the international boundary with Myanmar on the western and southern side

Festivals

Manipur hosts numerous festivals; some of the major ones are Dol Jatra , Rath Jatra, Lai-Haraoba, Ramjan ID, KUT, Gang-Ngai, Chumpha, Cheiraoba, Heikru Hidongba, Lui-Ngai-Ni, and Kwak Jatra. 
In Lai-Haraoba, the festival is celebrated in the name of the deity called Umang Lai which took place in May.  It takes place on 1st November in honour of the abundant harvest. Gang is a festival lasting five days. It starts with the omen taking ceremony which is later continued with music,dance and feast. As part of the traditional belief, the villagers climb the nearest hill which helps in bringing good fortune. 


Cuisine

Rice is the permanent diet of Manipuris. Kabok is their speciality where the rice is fried with lots of vegetables.  Manipuris love Ngri which was the type of fermented fish and carries a pleasent smell. . Lonchak happens to be their favourite vegetable which was none other than a bean. Iromba was a fermented delicacy, which is a combination of fish, vegetables and bamboo shoots.


manipur culture

ART AND ARCHITECTURE:


The most primitive and the oldest of arts in Manipur, is the engravings on rocks at Tharon, Khonpuru and Salunghat.  In one engraving there is a depiction of two Kabui houses drawn on a line which carries 13 heads of buffalo, another line parallel to this shows 30 heads of buffalo, in between
the two lines is the mithun figure drawn. The drawing in engravings are simple but meaningful. It is difficult to translate the expression but is sure that the artist has described the topography, inhabitation and the fauna. 

BY
SOWMIYA K
I BCA

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