{"id":4581,"date":"2023-01-07T01:59:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T20:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=4581"},"modified":"2025-03-27T01:12:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T19:42:55","slug":"what-is-sagol-kangjei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-sagol-kangjei\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Sagol Kangjei?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>What is Sagol Kangjei?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sagol Kangjei is the name of the game of polo <strong>played in Manipur.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Sagol means pony\/horse, Kang means a ball or round object, and jei is a stick used for hitting.<\/li>\n<li>In the state of Manipur, it has always been a game for the common man. It is played by <strong>seven players<\/strong> on each side and the players are mounted on ponies.<\/li>\n<li>Manipuri polo symbolises the immense cultural heritage of the state, and great efforts have been put made to raise the standard of this popular game.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The prominent <strong>patrons <\/strong>of the game were King Kyamba and King Khagemba (1597-1672 A.D.), and King Chandra Kirti (1850 &#8211; 1886 A.D.). The latter, especially, is to be credited with popularising the sport in other parts of the world<\/li>\n<li>There are <strong>no goalposts<\/strong> in this game. Goal lines determine the end of the two boundaries of the rectangular field. The ball (hang drum) is white. To score a goal the ball must cross the line.<\/li>\n<li>The polo stick is made of cane or wood, and is called Kang \u2013 hu and has a head of hardwood and the ball is made of bamboo root.<\/li>\n<li>The traditional attire consists of a chin &#8211; strap ( khadangchet ) and a turban, for protecting the head. Leg &#8211; guards ( khongyom ) are worn below the knee. Since no shoes are worn, the players use khumit &#8211; Khang. A leash of thick leather is held by the index finger of the left hand.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>This is a seasonal game and is played in the Manipuri month of September \/ October and in \u00a0 June \/ July.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1) What is the meaning of bump in Polo?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Bump means players are permitted to ride off another to spoil a shot or take the player out of the game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-culture\/sagol-kangjhttps:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-culture\/sagol-kangjei-ancient-polo-of-manipur-played-manipur-pony-8365959\/ei-ancient-polo-of-manipur-played-manipur-pony-8365959\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Sagol Kangjei: The ancient polo of Manipur, played on the celebrated Manipur Pony<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sagol Kangjei is the name of the game of polo played in Manipur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4581","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\/4581","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=4581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}