Mangka performed 1st time in IGRMS

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Mangka performed 1st time in IGRMS

Wednesday, 13 November 2019 | Staff Reporter | Bhopal

On the last day of Tribal Literature Festival, for the first time Mangka performed in Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Bhopal. The band gave Traditional Folk songs Maikei Taiba - A song of prosperity and divinity.

This is a very important part of the Pena Eshei and is sung to seek prosperity as well as blessings from the four directional Ancestral Deities of the Meitei of Manipur.  Kao Faba - A Manipuri Pena ballad, which narrates the Taming of Wild Bull and send it back to the forest. Kao Phaba is a portion taken out from the vast songs of Moirang epic. The Pena balladeer sings and narrates the stories of myths and legends.

The song is about the catching of the sacred wild bull “Ngangba Ningthi Pamheiba” from Khuman province, by the legendary hero of Moirang, Khamba, to bring prosperity for the land, longevity of the King and for her beloved princess Thoibi.  Phou Eshei - Rice, is a basis of everyone in Manipur and also a sacred food. Phou Eshei is a song which is inspired from the tunes of various songs sung by different communities of Manipur. And by using musical sounds alongside with the lyrics, the song will depict the season of rice seeding, growth of rice, from cultivation till harvest and it brings a prosperous community. And Modernized Folk Songs, Samaton  - A song of the Pony of Manipur.

It admires the pony’s significance and dignity with accordance to its past. Story’s of how it came into existence is narrated in the song. Khongjom lan - A Manipuri Traditional Storytelling art form known as Khongjoom Parva, which narrates the story of the fierce battle between the Brave Manipuri Warriors and the Mighty British Empire in 1891. Harao Eshei - These songs are sung in the Lai Haraoba festival of Manipur. The Lai Haraoba literally means “merry making with the Gods and Goddess”. These songs are about the conversations between Gods and Goddesses, their divine unity, and bring prosperity to the earth.

Srikanth from Vidarbha region of Maharashtra told that in order to reduce the suffering of other family members, caused by negative energies, the Goddess is awakened with a loud sound and is invoked to undertake Her mission of destruction.

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