Meitei festivals

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{{Main|Yaosang}}
{{Main|Yaosang}}
{{See also|holi}}
{{See also|holi}}
{{Ill|Yaosang|simple}} (ꯌꯥꯎꯁꯪ) falls on the 15th lunar day of the Lamtaa month of the Meitei year. It is a five-day festival, starting from the [[Lunar phase|Full moon]] day of the month. Due to its coincidence with the timing of [[Holi]], people imitate the Hindu culture of using colors to spray among one another.{{cite web | url=https://easternmirrornagaland.com/five-day-yaoshang-festival-begins-in-manipur-2/ | title=Eastern Mirror }} Yaosang is indigenous traditions of the [[Meitei people]].{{cite book |last=Singh |first=Ksh Imokanta |url=http://r4d.dfid.gov.uk/pdf/outputs/religiondev_rpc/wp10.pdf#page=82 |title=Religion and Development in North-east India: A sociological understanding |date=2008 |journal=Religions and Development Research Programme |publisher=University of Birmingham |isbn=978-0-7044-2655-9 |pages=76 |quote="However, rather than starting a completely new religious system, their efforts have focused on establishing a parallel culture to counter the Vaishnavite forces, for example observance of Yaosang ([[Sanamahism|Meitei version]] of [[Holi]]) during the same period as the Hindu Dol jatra festival. This movement may try to create a political fissure within the society, but it is very difficult to sort out which elements are purely Hindu and which indigenous, because people have long internalized both elements in their way of life." |access-date=18 June 2015}} It is considered the most important festival in Manipur.
[[Yaosang]] (ꯌꯥꯎꯁꯪ) falls on the 15th lunar day of the Lamtaa month of the Meitei year. It is a five-day festival, starting from the [[Lunar phase|Full moon]] day of the month. Due to its coincidence with the timing of [[Holi]], people imitate the Hindu culture of using colors to spray among one another.{{cite web | url=https://easternmirrornagaland.com/five-day-yaoshang-festival-begins-in-manipur-2/ | title=Eastern Mirror }} Yaosang is indigenous traditions of the [[Meitei people]].{{cite book |last=Singh |first=Ksh Imokanta |url=http://r4d.dfid.gov.uk/pdf/outputs/religiondev_rpc/wp10.pdf#page=82 |title=Religion and Development in North-east India: A sociological understanding |date=2008 |journal=Religions and Development Research Programme |publisher=University of Birmingham |isbn=978-0-7044-2655-9 |pages=76 |quote="However, rather than starting a completely new religious system, their efforts have focused on establishing a parallel culture to counter the Vaishnavite forces, for example observance of Yaosang ([[Sanamahism|Meitei version]] of [[Holi]]) during the same period as the Hindu Dol jatra festival. This movement may try to create a political fissure within the society, but it is very difficult to sort out which elements are purely Hindu and which indigenous, because people have long internalized both elements in their way of life." |access-date=18 June 2015}} It is considered the most important festival in Manipur.
{{cite thesis |last=Parratt |first=Saroj Nalini |date=April 1974 |title=The Religion of Manipur: Beliefs, Rituals and Historical Development |chapter=The Public Festivals |page=43 |quote="The third, and most important, of the Krishnaite festivals is Dol Jatra, or, to give it its [[Meitei language|Meitei]] name, Yaosang. This is the greatest of the Meitei festivals and is celebrated on the full moon of Lamta (February––March), lasting for six days." |publisher=Australian National University |chapter-url=https://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/11206/1/Parratt_S.N._1974.pdf |access-date=18 June 2015}}
{{cite thesis |last=Parratt |first=Saroj Nalini |date=April 1974 |title=The Religion of Manipur: Beliefs, Rituals and Historical Development |chapter=The Public Festivals |page=43 |quote="The third, and most important, of the Krishnaite festivals is Dol Jatra, or, to give it its [[Meitei language|Meitei]] name, Yaosang. This is the greatest of the Meitei festivals and is celebrated on the full moon of Lamta (February––March), lasting for six days." |publisher=Australian National University |chapter-url=https://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/11206/1/Parratt_S.N._1974.pdf |access-date=18 June 2015}}


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