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A group of men and women, wearing traditional Meitei dresses, while performing a classical Meitei dance (classical Manipuri dance), organized by the Sangeet Natak Akademi The religious festivals, such as the Lai Haraoba ( Meitei for 'making merry with the gods') ( Meitei : ꯂꯥꯏ ꯍꯔꯥꯎꯕ ), are occasions when the sumptuary laws are a ...
Meitei Pangals have many family names. They are an indigenous and peace-loving community. Traditional dress for men is Lungis and pajamas, and for women is Kurtis, Shalwar and phanek. Both also wear western attire. They maintained their own identity though they assimilated and intermixed with the other local communities.
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]
Pheichom is a traditional Meitei loincloth worn by men. [1] [2] It is mainly made of cotton or silk in gold, saffron or white. [3] The khamen chatpa is the most popular style of pheijom. The pheijom is similar to the dhoti, worn by men elsewhere in India. [2] [4] Meitei men wearing khamen chatpa.
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]
Dances of Manipur: The Classical Tradition. Marg Publications. ISBN 978-81-85026-09-1. Manipuri by R K Singhajit Singh, Dances of India series, Wisdom Tree, ISBN 81-86685-15-4. Devi, Pukhrambam Lilabati (2014). Pedagogic Perspectives in Indian Classical Dance: The Manipuri and The Bharatanatyam. ISBN 978-9382395393. Ragini Devi (1990).
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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 ...