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Kanglei haraoba

Keywords: Kanglei haraoba--Festival
Festival--India

Publisher: Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi

Description: The video is a presentation of the Sangeet Natak Akademi on one of the variations of the Lai Haraoba of Manipur, the Kanglei Haraoba.
Lai Haraoba is an important ritual festival of the Meitei community of Manipur. There are many regional variations of the Lai Haraoba on the basis of variations in dances, songs, rituals etc. Kanglei Haraoba is one of the types of Lai Haraoba which is performed in the Imphal valley of Manipur.
The main ritual on the first day of the festival is Lai Sekouba.The festival takes place during an auspicious time in the afternoon. The ritual objects are brought out of the shrine and carried in a procession. Each participant of the procession dressed in traditional costume carries a ritual object like an eshaiphu (earthen pitcher) or the shenkha (pan box). The villagers follow the procession in two rows from the oldest to the youngest.

Source: Sangeet Natak Akademi

Type: Video

Received From: Sangeet Natak Akademi


DC Field Value
dc.contributor Sangeet Natak Akademi
dc.date.accessioned 2017-05-03T10:25:45Z
dc.date.available 2017-05-03T10:25:45Z
dc.description The video is a presentation of the Sangeet Natak Akademi on one of the variations of the Lai Haraoba of Manipur, the Kanglei Haraoba.
Lai Haraoba is an important ritual festival of the Meitei community of Manipur. There are many regional variations of the Lai Haraoba on the basis of variations in dances, songs, rituals etc. Kanglei Haraoba is one of the types of Lai Haraoba which is performed in the Imphal valley of Manipur.
The main ritual on the first day of the festival is Lai Sekouba.The festival takes place during an auspicious time in the afternoon. The ritual objects are brought out of the shrine and carried in a procession. Each participant of the procession dressed in traditional costume carries a ritual object like an eshaiphu (earthen pitcher) or the shenkha (pan box). The villagers follow the procession in two rows from the oldest to the youngest.
dc.source Sangeet Natak Akademi
dc.format.mimetype text/html
dc.publisher Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
dc.subject Kanglei haraoba--Festival
Festival--India
dc.type Video
dc.format.medium video
dc.format.duration 0:03:25
DC Field Value
dc.contributor Sangeet Natak Akademi
dc.date.accessioned 2017-05-03T10:25:45Z
dc.date.available 2017-05-03T10:25:45Z
dc.description The video is a presentation of the Sangeet Natak Akademi on one of the variations of the Lai Haraoba of Manipur, the Kanglei Haraoba.
Lai Haraoba is an important ritual festival of the Meitei community of Manipur. There are many regional variations of the Lai Haraoba on the basis of variations in dances, songs, rituals etc. Kanglei Haraoba is one of the types of Lai Haraoba which is performed in the Imphal valley of Manipur.
The main ritual on the first day of the festival is Lai Sekouba.The festival takes place during an auspicious time in the afternoon. The ritual objects are brought out of the shrine and carried in a procession. Each participant of the procession dressed in traditional costume carries a ritual object like an eshaiphu (earthen pitcher) or the shenkha (pan box). The villagers follow the procession in two rows from the oldest to the youngest.
dc.source Sangeet Natak Akademi
dc.format.mimetype text/html
dc.publisher Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
dc.subject Kanglei haraoba--Festival
Festival--India
dc.type Video
dc.format.medium video
dc.format.duration 0:03:25