{"id":10387,"date":"2023-05-04T02:12:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T20:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=10387"},"modified":"2025-03-29T19:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T14:28:11","slug":"key-facts-about-meitei-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-meitei-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts About Meitei Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Meitei Community:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Meitei people, also known as the <strong>Manipuri people<\/strong>, are the <strong>predominant ethnic group of Manipur State.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They <strong>speak the Meitei language<\/strong> (officially called Manipuri), <strong>one of the 22 official languages of India<\/strong> and the <strong>sole official language of Manipur State<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>The Meiteis <strong>primarily settled in the Imphal Valley region<\/strong> in modern-day Manipur, though a <strong>sizable population has settled in the other Indian states<\/strong> of <strong>Assam, Tripura, Nagaland<\/strong>, Meghalaya, and Mizoram.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>There is also a <strong>notable presence of Meitei in<\/strong> the neighbouring countries of <strong>Myanmar and Bangladesh.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Meitei ethnic group <strong>represents about 53% of Manipur&#8217;s population<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clans<\/strong>: They are <strong>divided into clans<\/strong>, the members of which <strong>do not intermarry<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Economy<\/strong>: <strong>Rice cultivation<\/strong> on irrigated fields <strong>is the basis of their economy<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Religion<\/strong>: A <strong>majority follow Hinduism<\/strong>, while more than 8% are Muslims.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What is Yaoshang Festival?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is <strong>celebrated by the Meitei people<\/strong> at the <strong>same time as Holi<\/strong> and is known as \u2018<strong>Manipur\u2019s version of Holi\u2019<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>five-day-long celebration<\/strong> <strong>begins with the burning of \u2018yaoshang\u2019<\/strong> (a small thatch hut\/straw hut), which is <strong>constructed with bamboo<\/strong> and straws on the first day.<\/li>\n<li>The highlight of the festival is the T<strong>habalChongba<\/strong>, <strong>a traditional Manipuri folk dance<\/strong> where boys and girls hold hands and sing and dance in a circle.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The festival <strong>marks the rejuvenation of the spirit of life<\/strong> and <strong>commemorates the birthday of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0Which are the major ethnic groups in Manipur?<\/h3>\n<p>Broadly speaking, three main ethnic groups are found in the State viz. Meitei, Naga and Kuki-Chin-Mizo or Kuki-Chin or popularly the Kukis in short. The tribal groups (Scheduled Tribes) in Manipur are classified into two- the Naga and Kuki.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thewire.in\/politics\/manipur-after-violence-during-protest-marches-curfew-imposed-mobile-internet-suspended\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Manipur: After Violence During Protest Marches, Curfew Imposed, Mobile Internet Suspended<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Meitei people, also known as the Manipuri people, are the predominant ethnic group of Manipur State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10388,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10387","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}