The Loktak Folklore Museum ( mni, Loktak Khunnung Pukei Lankei Shanglen) or the Thanga Folklore Museum ( mni, Thanga Khunnung Pukei Lankei Shanglen) is a

folk museum A folk museum is a museum that deals with folk culture and heritage. Such museums cover local life in rural communities. A folk museum typically displays historical objects that were used as part of the people's everyday lives. Examples of such ...

in Thanga Island in the

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Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of Myanm ...

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. It cares for and displays a collection of artistic, cultural and historical artefacts associated with the

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. The museum preserves the folk customs and beliefs, folk medicines, folk literature associated with the

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History

In 2016, the Tongbram family led by Tongbram Amarjit took initiatives to establish the Loktak Folklore Museum ( mni, Loktak Khunnung Pukei Lankei Shanglen) at Thanga Tongbram Leikai in

Thanga Thanga ( Meitei pronunciation: /tʰáŋ.gə/) is an island village in the Loktak lake located in the Bishnupur district in the state of Manipur, India. In 2001, the population was 13085. 6514 were male. 6571 were female. The main occupation of t ...

Bishnupur District Bishnupur district ( Meitei pronunciation: /ˌbɪʃnʊˈpʊə/) is a district of Manipur state in northeastern India. Origin of name Its name is derived from a Vishnu temple located at Lamangdong. Geography Bishnupur town is the administrat ...

. The museum was inaugurated by Tongbram Mangibabu, the then

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(MLA) of Thanga Assembly constituency in 2016. The inaugural event was presided by Dr. K. Sushila, Director of Art and Culture,

Government of Manipur The Government of Manipur ( mni, Manipur Leingak; /mə.ni.pur lə́i.ŋak/), also known as the State Government of Manipur, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Manipur and its 16 districts. ...

Collections and Features

The collections of the Loktak Folklore Museum include the fishing kits used by the fishermen of early times, literatures on the

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scattered over the

and adjacent regions. It also houses the paintings of the spiritual and the mortal beings as well as traditional handloom and handicraft weaving accessories. Photography and videography are allowed inside the museum.

Exhibitions

In October 2019, the Bangla Manipuri Poetry Festival was organised for 3 days (October 3-October 5) at various locations in

. On the second day of the festival, the event was conducted in the Loktak Folklore Museum. The event was organised by the Library and Information Center (LIC),

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and Sahitya Thoupang Lup (Sathoulup),

Imphal Imphal ( Meitei pronunciation: /im.pʰal/; English pronunciation: ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur. The metropolitan centre of the city contains the ruins of Kangla Palace (also known as Kangla Fort), the royal seat of the fo ...

. In 2021, the Kalen Art Exhibition was held at the Loktak Folklore Museum. The aim and the purpose of the art exhibition is to promote the cultural heritage and the significance of the

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. Tongbram Amarjit, the founder of the Loktak Folklore Museum, said:

"Museum as we know, is the soul of human civilisation and we can't simply abandon the things of the past."

The Loktak Folklore Museum had planned to organize the ''Kalen Art Exhibition'' associated with the

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on May 18 of the year. However, due to the

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, the planned event was postponed. ''Kalen'' is the Meitei lunar month in which the

Umang Lai Umang Lai are the group of sacred groves preserved for the local forest deities (with the same title), worshipped by the Meitei people, the Pangal people and Meitei Christians, the predominant ethnic groups, since ancient times in the Himalayan ...

s are worshipped. It is during this time that the

Lai Haraoba Lai Haraoba is a festival associated with the Meitei people celebrated to please the Umang Lai, the traditional deities of Sanamahism. Translated, Lai Haraoba means ''merry making of the Gods'' in Meiteilon. In this festival, the people worship ...

festival is celebrated across the state. In association with this, the Kalen Art Exhibition focussed to inspire the youths to explore the cultural heritage of the

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References

External links

Loktak Folklore Museum www.museumsofindia.org
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History

Collections and Features

Exhibitions

See also

References

External links