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Hojang Taret
, image = , alt = , caption = , writer = Euripides , based_on = grc, , Phoinissai, The Phoenician Women , chorus = Phoenician women , characters = * Jocasta * Eteocles * Polyneices , mute = , setting = Before the royal palace of Ancient Thebes (Boeotia) , premiere = 16 April 2018 , place = Imphal, Manipur , orig_lang = Meitei language (Manipuri language) , series = , subject = , genre = Greek tragedy , web = Hojang Taret is a classical Meitei language play based on Euripides's ancient Greek tragedy The Phoenician Women. It is directed by Oasis Sougaijam and produced by The Umbilical Theatre in Imphal, . It depicts the moral ambiguities of conflict between brothers resulting to the ruination of the ancient city of Thebes. Plot Before mother Jocasta takes her own life, she has attempted to bring concord between her two sons, Eteocles and Polyneices. The two brothers are having a str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classical Meitei Language
Meitei (), also known as Manipuri (, ), is a Tibeto-Burman language of north-eastern India. It is spoken by around 1.8 million people, predominantly in the state of Manipur, but also by smaller communities in the rest of the country and in parts of neighbouring Myanmar and Bangladesh. It is native to the Meitei people, and within Manipur it serves as an official language and a lingua franca. It was used as a court language in the historic Manipur Kingdom and is presently included among the 22 scheduled languages of India. Meitei is a tonal language whose exact classification within Sino-Tibetan remains unclear. It has lexical resemblances to Kuki and Tangkhul. Meitei is the most widely spoken Indian Sino-Tibetan language and the most spoken language in northeast India after Bengali and Assamese. There are million Meitei speakers in India according to the 2011 census. The majority of these, or million, are found in the state of Manipur, where they represent just over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
