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Depiction of a Meitei woman making traditional Meitei clothes, using indigenous tools and instruments. Meitei clothing, or Meitei attire, or Meitei costumes, or Meitei dresses, or Meitei dressing, or Meitei fabrics, or Meitei garments, or Meitei robes, or Meitei textiles (Meitei: Phee/Phi), refer to the traditional clothes of Meitei cultural heritage of Manipur as well as Assam, Bangladesh ...
A girl wearing the Kajenglei ornamental head-dress. Kajenglei (Ancient Meitei: Kachenglei), also known as Leitreng, is a Meitei cultural ladies' headdress, consisting of eighty to hundred brass strips, worn especially by Meitei goddesses, Meitei female royalties, female dancers of traditional Meitei dance forms and brides of traditional Meitei wedding.
Kokyet (Meitei: ꯀꯣꯛꯌꯦꯠ), [a] sometimes also spelled as Koyet, Koyyet, Koiyet, is a traditional Meitei men's headdress. [1] [2] It is made in twelve distinct designs. It is used in different Meitei cultural ceremonies, festivals, occasions, etc. It is used by both the common people as well as the royal people. [3]
The first Manipuri-language film, Matamgi Manipur, was released on 9 April 1972. [57] Paokhum Ama (1983) is the first full-length colour feature film (according to the Academy's definition of a feature film) [58] of Manipur and was directed by Aribam Syam Sharma. Lammei (2002) is the first Manipuri Video film to have a commercial screening at a ...
Manipuri dance, also referred to as the Manipuri Raas Leela (Meitei: Jagoi Raas/Raas Jagoi [1] [2] [3]), is a jagoi and is one of the major Indian classical dance forms, originating from the state of Manipur. [7] [8] It is one of the greatest cultural achievements of the traditional Vaishnavism adhering Meitei people of Manipur. [9]
Shaphee Lanphee is a traditional textile fabric woven and embroidered, usually as a shawl, with embroidered motifs with cotton threads generally by Meitei women of Manipur. The fabric was, in the past, presented as a gift of honour ( Mana Phee ) to the soldiers for their bravery in a successful war, and to the praise-worthy chiefs of the Nagas ...
Manipur acts as India's "Gateway to the East" through Moreh and Tamu towns, the land route for trade between India and Burma and other countries in Southeast Asia, East Asia, Siberia, the Arctic, Micronesia and Polynesia. Manipur has the highest number of handicraft units and the highest number of craftspersons in the northeastern region of India.
Moirang Sai (Meitei: ꯃꯣꯏꯔꯥꯡ ꯁꯥꯏ) is a traditional form Meitei performance that tellss the story of Khamba and Thoibi in song and dance. Festival of Moirang Shai ( Meitei : ꯃꯣꯏꯔꯥꯡ ꯁꯥꯏ ꯀꯨꯝꯍꯩ ) is a cultural event that aims to popularize the unique culture of the Meitei people at grassroots level ...