Lai Haraoba
The Picture below is of a dance called the maibi dance during a Pre-Hindu era festival of Manipur called Lai Haraoba. The exact translation of this would Merriment of the Gods, or rather God's festival. Note that the Pre Hindu era cultures and Hinduism mixes perfectly well. One attribute to the perfectionsm of Manipuris. We tend to take the best of both worlds. Without embracing the ugly casteism and class discrimination of the Hindu religion, we have only taken the beauty of the Shradha and Love of hindusim and have perfected it without any Unreasonable baggages. I shall write more about the Pre-Hindu era celebrations after I learnt everythin about it. I will need a little research.
The dress that the men are wearing is what I described in my article on dresses of Manipur.
To the right is a picture of Raas Leela,
another example of perfect art form.
Read About Raas Leela
Read more about the culture of Manipur
Please do take the pain to go through the previous posts. I have put in my heart into writing them, so You know about the people called Manipuris and a Place called Manipur, The land of Jewels.
Previous posts
Introductory post on Manipur
People of Manipur
Women of Manipur
Dresses of Manipur
Ceremonies of Manipur
My regular blog at Anthonysmirror
The dress that the men are wearing is what I described in my article on dresses of Manipur.
To the right is a picture of Raas Leela,
another example of perfect art form.
Read About Raas Leela
Read more about the culture of Manipur
Please do take the pain to go through the previous posts. I have put in my heart into writing them, so You know about the people called Manipuris and a Place called Manipur, The land of Jewels.
Previous posts
Introductory post on Manipur
People of Manipur
Women of Manipur
Dresses of Manipur
Ceremonies of Manipur
My regular blog at Anthonysmirror
posted by Admin at 10:05 PM
2 Comments:
Traditionally was the Rasa Leela performed all through the year, or was it reserved only for Janamashtami and other Boishnob celebrations?
to be frank, other than during festivals, and other cultural activities its not performed and with the society going through what it is now, it is only in other part of the country and the world that has kept it alive.
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