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, native_name_lang = mni , english_name = Meitei poetry day , time = Meragee Thanil ( full moon day of the Meitei lunar month of "Mera") , timezone = , duration = , date = , venue = Manipur, other Northeast Indian states and West Bengal. , location = , coordinates = , also_known_as = , type = annual literary event , theme = Meitei-language poetry , cause = , motive = , target = , perpetrator = , first_reporter = , budget = , patron = , organisers = * Sahitya Akademi * Divine Life Club, Langthabal * Fiction and Poetry Club, Manipur * JN Manipur Dance Academy * Manipur Dramatic Union, Yaiskul * Naharol Sahitya Premee Samiti, Imphal *
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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 pa ...
(Manipuri) poetry. It takes place Manipur as well as in other Meitei-speaking areas, and aims to promote
Manipuri literature , image = Numit Kappa.jpg , imagesize = , caption = The Numit Kappa, a Classical Meitei epic text written during the 1st century, based on ancient Meitei mythology and religion (Sanamahism) , alt ...
to the world. It honours the contributions of the Meitei poets as well as the diverse and distinctive literary traditions of Manipur.


Dates of celebrations

* 9 October, 2022 * 13 October, 2019


Organisers

;National * Sahitya Akademi ;Manipur * Manipuri Sahitya Parishad, Jiribam * Divine Life Club, Langthabal * Fiction and Poetry Club, Manipur * JN Manipur Dance Academy * Manipur Dramatic Union, Yaiskul * Naharol Sahitya Premee Samiti, Imphal ;Nagalan *
St. Joseph University, Nagaland ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy ...
(SJU) ;West Bengal * Manipuri in Kolkata * Manipur Bhavan, Kolkata


See also

* Meitei language movement *
Meitei Chanu (poem) Meitei Chanu ( mni, /mə́i.təi cə.nu/, lit. "Meitei woman") is a Meitei language poem by Lamabam Kamal. It was first published in a magazine, with the same name, called Meitei Chanu (magazine) in the year 1924. It was republished in the ...
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Khamba Thoibi Sheireng ) , image = Meitei and Latin transliterations of "Khamba Thoibi Sheireng".jpg , image_size = , caption = , subtitle = National epic of the ManipurisNational Romantic Legend of Manipur , author ...
* Numit Kappa *
Tha Tha Thabungton Tha Tha Thabungton ( mni, Thaa Thaa Thaabungton; omp, Thaa Thaa Thaapungton) is a traditional Meitei language lullaby. It is one of the Meitei folk songs traditionally sung by parents, usually mothers. It has reference to the aspects of brin ...
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Sana Leibak Manipur ) , english_title = Manipur, Land of Gold , type = song , alt_title = , en_alt_title = , alt_title_2 = , en_alt_title_2= , image = ..Manipur Flag(INDIA).png , image_size = , caption = Emblem of Manipur , prefix ...


References

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