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Masses of people participating in torch lighting relay from Kangla Fort during Yaoshang festival in Manipur. Torch Relays has become an important event of Yaoshang Festival.

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Manipuris from all walks of life gathered for the torch lighting relay at Kangla Fort, Manipur. Torch Relays has become an important event of Yaoshang Festival.

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Manipuri elders singing Holi Pala during Yaoshang festival in Manipur. Holi Pala are songs describing Krishna celebrating holi with Radha and Gopis in Vrindavan.

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Manipuri elders singing Holi Pala during Yaoshang festival in Manipur. Holi Pala are songs describing Krishna celebrating holi with Radha and Gopis in Vrindavan.

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Manipuri elders singing Holi Pala during Yaoshang festival in Manipur. Holi Pala are songs describing Krishna celebrating holi with Radha and Gopis in Vrindavan.

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Manipuri elders singing Holi Pala during Yaoshang festival in Manipur. Holi Pala are songs describing Krishna celebrating holi with Radha and Gopis in Vrindavan.

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Manipuri elders singing Holi Pala during Yaoshang festival in Manipur. Holi Pala are songs describing Krishna celebrating holi with Radha and Gopis in Vrindavan.

Imphal, Manipur·festival · fort

Famous Manipuri actress Sur Bala Hijam leading the torch lighting at Kangla Fort, Imphal during the Yaoshang festival.

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Mass number of people participating in the torch lighting relay from Kangla Fort during Yaoshang festival in Manipur. Torch Relays has become an important event of Yaoshang Festival.

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Manipuris from all walks of life gathered for the torch lighting relay at Kangla Fort, Manipur. Torch Relays has become an important event of Yaoshang Festival.

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Manipuri elders of Kakwa singing Holi Pala during Yaoshang festival in Manipur at the residence of Thongam Biswanath, Singjkamei Khongnangpheidekopi, Imphal..

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Mass number of people participating in the torch lighting relay from Kangla Fort during Yaoshang festival in Manipur. During the torch relay all the clubs gathered at Kangla Fort and bring their torch for their own club.

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Mass number of people participating in the torch lighting relay from Kangla Fort during Yaoshang festival in Manipur.

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Manipuri girls on their way collecting and begging for Nakhandeng from locality during the Yaoshang Festival. And we see the owner of the house offering money and rice to the girls.

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Girls begging for Nakhadeng, Earlier a day before Yaoshang, children form groups to build yaoshang or thatch huts and spend the night there.

Imphal, Manipur·festival · dance

Children dress up in traditional Manipuri attire during the Yaoshang Festival, Imphal - Manipur. During yaoshang, Manipuri girls wear their traditional phanek (wrapper) and joipur (chadar) and go out to collect nakhadeng (donations).

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Girls begging for Nakhadeng, .which depicts the way how we used to go to relatives to beg for money on the occasion of Yaoshang/ Holi Festival.

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Young boys proudly begs for Nakhadeng from their neighbourhood during Yaoshang Festival. Yaaosang is a festival celebrated in spring season starting from the full moon day of Lamda(March) for six whole days by the Manipuris living in the wo…

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Kids ready to celebrate the Yaoshang Festival wearing traditional Manipuri attire. During yaoshang, Manipuri girls wear their traditional phanek (wrapper) and joipur (chadar) and go out to collect nakhadeng (donations).

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Kids having fun begging Nakhadeng during Yaoshang Festival In Imphal - Manipur. Earlier a day before Yaoshang, children form groups to build yaoshang or thatch huts and spend the night there.

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Children return after collecting rice and vegetables from the neighbourhood market in Manipur, during the Manipuri Holi or Yaoshang festival.

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Peisa thatpa or also known as Selmunba, Children mostly girls block roads with ropes and collect money from pedestrains and motorists who comes their way.

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Participants which include both young and old performing Thabal Chongba, during the Yaoshang Festival in Imphal - Manipur.