{"id":19933,"date":"2024-01-31T07:47:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T02:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=19933"},"modified":"2025-04-05T20:55:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T15:25:25","slug":"shumang-leela-upsc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/shumang-leela-upsc\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Shumang Leela?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Shumang Leela<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0traditional form of theatre in\u00a0Manipur.<\/li>\n<li>In this the roles of female artists are all played by male actors and male characters are played by female artists in case of female theatre groups.<\/li>\n<li>It was\u00a0started as a comic genre for royalty and has evolved into a powerful medium for mass education, entertainment, and relaxation.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>In this, the roles of women are all played by men, called\u00a0Nupi Shabis.<\/li>\n<li>The female roles are taken up by transgender actors.<\/li>\n<li>The tradition is believed to be descended from\u00a0Lai Haraoba, a ritual of the Meitei community of Manipur.<\/li>\n<li>Purpose: The plays provide a vehicle for educating the public about social, political, and economic issues.<\/li>\n<li>Types &#8211; Shumang Leela is of two types\n<ul>\n<li>Nupa Shumang Leela \u2013 It is Performed\u00a0only by men<\/li>\n<li>Nupi Shumang Leela \u2013 It is Performed\u00a0only by women<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is\u00a0Lai Haraoba?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lai Haraoba is a\u00a0religious festival celebrated by the Meitei people who are largely settled in and around Manipur.<\/li>\n<li>It is held at neighborhood shrines dedicated to the local\u00a0umanglai deities.<\/li>\n<li>It is observed in the months between\u00a0February and May-June.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) Who are the Umang Lais?<\/h3>\n<p>The Umang Lais (the sacred deities or sylvan deities) are the only mysterious deities believed to reside in the sacred groves of Manipur and the Meiteis (Manipuris) worshiped and celebrated the Umang Lai Haraoba Festival every year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/north-east-india\/manipur\/manipur-shumang-leela-performers-ethnic-strife-9131208\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>From stage to streets: Manipur\u2019s Shumang Leela performers grapple with survival amid ongoing ethnic strife<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shumang Leela  is a traditional form of theatre in Manipur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19933","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\/19933","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=19933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}