The Meitei scriptures are a number of books and other texts which tell about Meitei religion (Sanamahism) as well as Meitei mythology. They are the sacred literature for the Meitei pagans. Notably, one should not confused all the Puya (Meitei texts) to be Meitei scriptures, because many puyas were written based on the topics irrelevant to religion.
Pakhangpa Laihui
The Pakhangpa Laihui is one of the most significant religious scriptures of Meitei religion, which accounts for the divine mythical origin and the personality of Pakhangpa, a primordial serpentine dragon god of the religion.
The Trojan Women (movie)
The Trojan Women () is a 1971 American British Greek movie directed by Michael Cacoyannis and was based on the play of the same name. It stars Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave, Irene Papas, Brian Blessed, Patrick Magee, Geneviève Bujold.
Mount Koubru
Mount Koubru or Mount Koupalu is a high mountain in the northern hill province of Manipur. It has cultural and religious significance to the Meitei ethnicity since the inception of Ancient Manipur. According to Meitei mythology and religion, the peak is the sacred abode of God Koupalu at his family.
Lai Lamlen
Lai Lamlen, also spelt as Lairamlen, is a high heavenly world in Meitei mythology and religion. It is the abode of Atingkok and his divine subjects.
Canno
She started her career in 2012. Her work, "Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl" was serialized from 2013 to 2019, and "Gokaku no Tame no! Yasashii Sankaku Kankei Nyumon" was serialized from 2020 to 2021.
Khamnung
The Khamnung Leipaak or Leinung is the netherworld or the land under the surface of the human world in Meitei mythology and religion. It is the kingdom ruled by Thongalel, the god of death. It is the place where the souls of the dead people used to go. According to ancient Meitei scriptures, the Khamnung kingdom is described as a generally dark and cool place, whose capital city is the "Khamnung Sawa", which remains isolated from the rest of the areas, as the ""Ashi Turel"" (""Ashi Tulel"") (Styx river) flows encircling the charmed city of Thongalel. Unless permitted by Thongalel, no souls can enter the "Khamnung Sawa". According to His Will, souls of those who died from suicide are strictly prohibited from entry as a mark of punishment.
Juha (1999 movie)
Juha is a 1999 Finnish German French romantic comedy movie directed by Aki Kaurismäki and was the fourth adaption of the 1911 novel of the same name by Juhani Aho. It stars Sakari Kuosmanen, Kati Outinen, André Wilms, Markku Peltola, Outi Mäenpää, Esko Nikkari.
Karnan (2021 movie)
Karnan is a 2021 action drama movie directed by Mari Selvaraj.
Mikan Uji
Her work, "Now loading...!" was serialized from 2016 to 2017, and "Fuzoroi no Renri" has been serialized since 2017.
2024 Copa América
The 2024 Copa América will be the 48th edition of the Copa América, the quadrennial international men's football championship organized by South America's football ruling body CONMEBOL.
The 2024 Copa América is expected to be hosted by Ecuador due to CONMEBOL's host rotation order. to run in parallel with Euros from 2020 However, CONMEBOL president Alejandro Dominguez said that Ecuador has been nominated but not yet chosen to organize the cup. Peru has also expressed its intention to organize the tournament. The 2024 Copa América was originally scheduled for 2023, but was moved to 2024 in order to coincide with UEFA Euro 2024.
All ten CONMEBOL national teams are eligible to enter.
It is expected that a 12-team or 16-team tournament will be held, with two or six teams from outside CONMEBOL being invited.
Ecuador has already started studies to modernize stadiums for the tournament.
Group Sounds
Group Sounds (グループ・サウンズ, "Gurūpu saunzu") or GS is a group of people who perform and sing, centered on electric instruments such as electric guitars and electric basses. It is said that it was influenced by rock groups such as The Ventures, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones in Europe and the United States, and it became popular in Japan from 1960 to 1971.
Generally speaking, "Group Sounds" refers to rock groups that were active mainly in jazz and go-go cafes in the late 1960s. This genre has some common because many groups have organized lead vocals, electric guitars, electric bass, & drums.
Exceptionally, there was a group of vocalists such as the early The Happenings Four, a guitarless GS, and the early Sharp Hawks, a chorus GS with a professional electric band in the background. In May 1965, while the popularity of British rock bands such as The Beatles spread to Japan, Shōchi Tanabe and The Spiders released "Furi Furi", which is considered to be the first Group Sounds record. In March 1966, Jackey Yoshikawa & His Blue Comets announced their first album "Blue Eyes".
This year after the Beatles' performance in Japan in June 30, the groups began to sing while playing musical instruments such as electric guitars will debut one after another in Japan. In response to this, the youth entertainment magazine "Weekly Meisei", began to collectively call these groups and music "Group Sounds" or "GS", and the name became widespread. There are several theories. There is a theory that Takeshi Terauchi said that in 1965 when asked about the genre of Blue Jeans at that time, "It's a group sound" and "But it's a singular form, so Group Sounds is better".
Blue Jeans were influenced by The Ventures. Those who were active as professional bands before the Beatles' performance in Japan, such as Blue Jeans, Blue Comets and The Spiders, and those who played blues rock like The Golden Cups and The Tempters, The are some bands title from amateurs, such as The Tigers and The Jaguars, were formed by students who were influenced by "The Beatles" and "Rolling Stones". In this way, even with GS, the musicality of each group varied considerably. The music industry at that time was still old, and entertainment professionals and record companies wanted to ask professional composers and lyricists to write music for GS upcoming songs.
Therefore, the Tempters and The Golden Cups, who played mainly their favorite Western rock music at concerts and recitals, felt a backlash. Some groups, like The Golden Cups, adhered to the policy of never playing singles like "Long-Haired Girl" at live performances. Jackey Yoshikawa & His Blue Comets and The Spiders became popular groups in the early days of the GS boom, and The Tigers, The Tempters, and Ox became popular in the middle and late stages of the GS boom.
However, The Spiders, The Blue Comets, and The Golden Cups were also popular GS comparable to them. Since the 2000s, PYG, which debuted in 1971, has been re-evaluated. At the time of the 1960s, Japan was a society with a feudal side with strong fatherhood, and elements such as long hair and electric guitar were linked to badness and juvenile delinquency, and the wind from the general public was very strong. As a result, some high school students who went to see Group Sounds concerts were either suspended or dropped out to created their own band. In addition, junior high schools and high schools that prohibited going to concerts appeared one after another. At an outdoor concert at The Tigers' Nara Ayame Pond in November 1967, a fan fell and was seriously injured. Therefore, NHK cut the appearance part of The Tigers that had already been recorded in "Grand Show of Song", and after that, with the exception of Jackey Yoshikawa and his Blue Comets who had short hair, long-haired group sounds come and was banned due to poor rating.