Lai Haraoba: A Manipuri festival

Q.  Lai Haraoba is a -
- Published on 24 Nov 15

a. Bhojpuri sweet dish
b. Tribe in Rajasthan
c. Manipuri festival
d. Folk dance in odisha

ANSWER: Manipuri festival
 
- Lai Haraoba is a Manipuri festival, and is associated with Meiteis, celebrated to please traditional deities.
- Celebrated in honour of the sylvan deities known as Umang Lai,the festival represents the worship of traditional deities and ancestors.
- The festival is in part a recollection of the creation stories played the deities with the first origin of this universe and evolution of the plants and animals through the will of Atiya Shidaba.

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