page_title: Meitei people
section_title: Culture
hierarchical_section_title: Meitei people / Culture
caption_attribution_description: English: Lai Haroaba Manipur festival dance folk dance of manipur
context_page_description: The Meitei people are an ethnic group that comprise the majority in Manipur, a northeastern state of India. The Meitei primarily settled on a large valley in modern-day Manipur, although a sizable diaspora have settled in Assam, Meghalaya. Tripura, Nagaland, Bangladesh and Burma. The Meitei ethnic group represents about 53% of Manipur's population.
context_section_description: Most of the rich culture of Manipur can be credited to the Meiteis. Since ancient times the valley region of Manipur was trading crossroads between India and Myanmar and gradually the valley portion of Manipur became the melting pot of Indo-Burman culture. The famous Manipuri dance form had its roots from the Lai Haraoba dance form.
  They are also known for their contribution to art, literature and cinema. M.K. Binodini Devi, Khwairakpam Chaoba Singh, Ratan Thiyam, Aribam Syam Sharma, Rajkumar Shitaljit Singh, Elangbam Nilakanta Singh, Heisnam Kanhailal and Sabitri Heisnam are some of the prominent personalities in the field.
  The Meitei people are very fond of horse riding.
caption: Lai haraoba Dance
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