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Daughters are presented gifts by the parents and brothers in Manipur during Ningol Chakouba festival. While receiving the gifts from the brothers, younger ones are blessed by elder ones for well being and prosperity in life. Ningol Chakouba is a special day for the married daughters in Manipur, and ningol's kids are the happiest one at the idea of wearing new cloths and meeting bobok(grand-ma), pupu (grand-pa), mamma(uncle) and others. In Manipuri, 'Ningol' means daughter and 'Chakouba' means invitation for a lunch in the mother's house. On this special day, a grand feast of 'iinjang mathen-mathen' (various cuisines) is prepared in the honor of the daughter at her 'mapam' (mother's house). The invitation is formally done generally a week ahead by the brothers to pay a visit for the lunch.
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