Meitei folklore

{{Short description|Folklore of the Meitei people}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2022}} [[File:Khamba and Thoibi (The Torture by the Elephant).jpg|thumb|A scene from the Khamba Thoibi epic legends of ancient Moirang, a southern province of Ancient Manipur.]] '''Meitei folklore''' is the folklore and mythology of the Meitei people of Manipur, India.

Such folklore is traditionally passed from generation to generation.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://spaceandculture.in/index.php/spaceandculture/article/view/307|title=The Oral Folk Literature of the Ancient Meiteis of Manipur: An Analysis of its Cultural Significance|first1=Thounaojam|last1=Caesar|first2=Reena|last2=Sanasam|date=28 June 2018|journal=Space and Culture, India|volume=6|issue=1|pages=29–37|via=spaceandculture.in|doi=10.20896/saci.v6i1.307|doi-access=free}}</ref> Currently, the government of Manipur is planning to preserve the folklore of the Meitei people through primary education in government institutions.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/lessons-from-folklore-for-manipur-schools/cid/1449166 | title=Lessons from folklore for Manipur schools | newspaper=The Telegraph | location=India | first=Ngangbam Indrakanta | last=Singh | date=17 May 2018 | access-date=8 May 2021 }}</ref>

== See also == * Meitei folktales

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==Further reading== * {{cite thesis |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/68226 |title=A study of Manipuri Meitei folklore |last=Singh |first=Huirem Behari |date=1985 |publisher=Gauhati University |type=PhD}} * {{cite book |last=Thoudam |first=N. |date=2026 |chapter=Oral Storytelling Practices of the Meiteis of Manipur in India’s Northeast: Wari Leeba and Phunga Wari |editor1=S. N. Dhumal |editor2=T. V. Banekar |title=Whispers of Forgotten Tales |series=Performance Studies & Cultural Discourse in South Asia |volume=7 |publisher=Springer |location=Singapore |pages=1-20 |doi=10.1007/978-981-95-5973-2_1}}

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