Cheiraoba festival is the celebration of new year festival in manipur. This is one of the sacred festival of manipur where all the people welcome the new year grandly. The meitei /meetei community clean their houses and decorate them. The local deity is worshipped and relatives exchange the feast and gifts to one another. The festival is only celebrated by the meiteis Hindus and the vaishnavites but nowadays Muslims of manipur do take part making the occasion bigger. On the day of cheiraoba every people of the household climb the nearest mountain tops signifying the rise of human civilization in greater Heights. Nowadays sumang Leela or sumang kumhei, thabal chongba, musical nights, etc where done with the connection of the occasion. Cheiraoba festival takes place in the first day of the meitei month ‘sajibu’ or the April. The occasion is received with great warmth and traditional customs by the communities of manipur. Number of tourists visited the state to experience the unique tradition that exists in the society.

Ningol chakkouba is one of the unique festivals in manipur and is the biggest festival of the meiteis where every married women of the household are invited to a feast at their parental house. It is celebrated every year at the second day of the month of hiyangei which falls on the November. The festival itself delivered the message of loved and harmony among the siblings, to celebrate the day some, brothers and parents gathered together to make it feel warmth and proud by the women of every household also gifting called ‘dakhina’ is given to every women whether it is small or big, symbolizing their cared and blessing to their daughters and sisters. The uniqueness of the festival is the grand feast that where only prepared by the brothers of the family. Which is not celebrated at any parts of the world. In this big day different manipuri cuisines where prepared, consisting of fish like puklaobi, silver-carf kori, Elisha, pengba, etc which are rare fishes of manipur also eromba, champhut, etc can be mentioned as modernization aroused chicken cuisines became famous. Together they enjoyed the feast as time for bidding goodbye arrived. Most women felt emotional that they missed there family as well as remembering there parental home or childhood. We meiteis believed that a girl real home is not where they raised but it’s their husband house. We really appreciate our ancestors for being continuing this unique festival. The separated families where brought together once in every year.

• Manipur the small state in North Eastern part of India is famous for its scenic beauty, silent Hills and green vegetation. The state is the store house of natural resources, bears a rich heritage and cultural tradition, the deep gorge and the innocent people makes a perfect combination as a tourist spot. Tourists visiting manipur will surely impressed with the traditional customs and heritage of uniqueness. The state is also known as powerhouse of sports, classical dance forms are also popular engaging with unique history.

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