New Delhi:
Manipur has despatched a tableau themed on considered one of its most important conventional sports activities ‘sagol kangjei’ (polo) to the Bharat Parv exhibition on the Crimson Fort as a part of the Republic Day celebrations. The exhibition started immediately and can finish on January 31.
This 12 months’s tableau was designed by Imphal resident Ningombam Ibohal, who additionally designed final 12 months’s tableau on the theme ‘Thambal Gi Langlaa’, or “lotus threads” in Meiteilon.
Mr Ibohal’s son, Sanjib Meitei, helped within the undertaking as an assistant.
The Centre introduced “Swarnim Bharat: Virasat Aur Vikas (Golden India: Heritage and Improvement)” because the theme for the tableaux this 12 months.
“Aligned with this theme, Manipur’s tableau highlights the origin of the trendy polo from sagol kangjei, an indigenous sport of Manipur…” the tableau-makers stated in a press release.
Manipur’s Bharat Parv tableau was designed by Imphal resident Ningombam Ibohal
“The Centre and the state authorities inaugurated the Marjing Polo Complicated with a 120-feet-tall statue on the sacred website of the polo god, Lord Marjing, to rejoice a singular heritage… Preserving Manipur’s cultural heritage by reworking an area pilgrimage website into an acclaimed vacationer vacation spot showcases the profitable mix of heritage and growth in establishing Swarnim Bharat,” they stated within the assertion.
The entrance of the tableau exhibits a 120-feet duplicate of the Marjing Polo statue. It additionally depicts the Manipur Worldwide Polo Event match and a reproduction of the Kangla Fort, that includes the restored Kangla Sha, the legendary protectors as soon as destroyed by the British in 1891.
Tableau exhibits some indigenous communities of Manipur of their conventional apparel
The decrease panels present some indigenous communities of Manipur of their conventional apparel. The rear has a portray within the type of ‘Subika Laisaba’, an indigenous artwork kind relationship again to the 18th century. It includes a depiction of an historic Manipuri warrior in conventional apparel, Ningkham.
The tableaux of 11 different states and Union Territories – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, and Telangana – may also be proven on the Bharat Parv.
Guests can see performances by army bands and cultural teams, take pleasure in consuming at meals courts serving pan-India cuisines, and store at a crafts bazaar.