Jagoi

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Jagoi
Old Manipuri)
Instrument(s)Pena (musical instrument)
OriginKangleipak (Meitei for 'Manipur')
Meetei Mayek
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Jagoi (

Old Manipuri: ꯆꯠꯀꯣꯏ, romanized: Chatkoi) refers to the arts of dance in Meitei culture
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General rules and guidelines

Eye contact

Further information: Eye contact in Meitei civilization

In the performances of traditional Meitei dances, dancers are strictly forbidden not to have any forms of eye contact with the audiences. If it is not followed properly, then it is considered as a sacrilege.[1]

Chukpharon Jagoi

"Chukpharon Jagoi" is a

maibis (priestesses) to please the lords of the four directions, Thangjing, Marjing, Wangbren, and Koubru, in the religious festival of Lai Haraoba.[2] During the performance, the maibi takes the two ekouphus (pots) from the laipubas, holding the Lainingthou ekouphu in the right hand and the Lairembi ekouphu in the left hand.[2] The dance performance portrays the dance of goddess Nongthang Leima, who saves the universe from destruction.[3]

Khamba Thoibi Jagoi

Main article: Khamba Thoibi Jagoi

Laiching Jagoi

Illustration of the dance

Laiching Jagoi (

spirit of the deity is invited to enter each maibi's body.[4] It is an invocatory dance where the maibis stand with their hands in a pose symbolizing women's union.[6] In this dance form, the maibis, after invoking the deities from water, perform leitai nongdai jagoi.[7] This dance form is performed in front of the shrine of the deities.[8]

Laihou Jagoi

Illustration of the dance

Laihou Jagoi (

maibis (priestesses) to lead a way to a pond or river,[10] in the religious festival of Lai Haraoba.[11][10]

During the performance of the dance, the tune of the pena, a traditional musical instrument, is also shrimmed up.[9]

With the maibis, the

vessels, the Lai bearers, the isaiphu bearers, the chong (umbrella) bearers accompany the pibas (men) holding the two pots.[11][9]

Leima Jagoi

Main article: Leima Jagoi

Leisem Jagoi

Leisem Jagoi (Meitei: ꯂꯩꯁꯦꯝ ꯖꯒꯣꯢ) (literally, 'Dance of creation of the earth'[12]) is a dance form enacted by imitating the movements of nine gods and seven goddesses creating the earth, followed by Laibou Jagoi, depicting the creation of human body and various activities of man, like weaving of clothes.[13][14] The sequence of the dance is performed by the Ningol Macha (girls).[15] The six original forms of the dance are leishem, leitai, nongdai, leipekpa, leihouba and leipiba.[16] It is one of the early dance forms of

Ancient Manipur contributing to the rich Manipur's classical wealth of culture.[17][tone
]

Maibi Jagoi

Main article: Maibi Jagoi

Panthoibi Jagoi

Panthoibi Jagoi (Meitei: ꯄꯥꯟꯊꯣꯢꯕꯤ ꯖꯒꯣꯢ) (literally, 'Panthoibi's dance' or 'Dance dedicated to the Divine Mother'[18]) is a duet dance form, portraying the romantic love affairs between Nongpok Ningthou and Panthoibi.[19][20] There are 14 hand gestures with bodily movements.[21] It is performed in the religious festival of Lai Haraoba, depicting the weaving process.[22] In the dance form, Marjing has been conflated with Nongpok Ningthou.[23] Nowadays, the dance form is replaced by the Khamba Thoibi Jagoi.[19]

Raas Jagoi

Main article:
Manipuri Raas Leela

The Manipuri classical dance, also known to as the Manipuri Raas Leela dance (

Indian classical dance forms, originating from the state of Manipur.[27]

Thougal Jagoi

Thougal Jagoi (Meitei: ꯊꯧꯒꯜ ꯖꯒꯣꯢ) (literally, 'Dance of dedication'[28]) or "Jagoi Ashangbi"[29] (Meitei: ꯖꯒꯣꯢ ꯑꯁꯥꯡꯕꯤ) is a Meitei traditional dance form, performed by men and women, along with maibis (priestesses) to invoke the deities.[30] It is performed in the religious festival of Lai Haraoba.[31] The performance lasts for half an hour, after which the "Hoi Lauba" ceremony is enacted.[28]

In popular culture

See also

Bibliography

  • Williams, Drid (2004). "In the Shadow of Hollywood Orientalism: Authentic East Indian Dancing" (PDF). Visual Anthropology. 17 (1). Routledge: 69–98.
    S2CID 29065670. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2023-02-28.

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  13. ^ Rasa: Music and dance. Anamika Kala Sangam. 1995.
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  15. ISBN 978-81-8370-152-5
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  16. ISBN 978-1-000-29637-2
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  25. ^ Sruti. P.N. Sundaresan. 2006.
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  27. ^ Williams 2004, pp. 83–84, the other major classical Indian dances are: Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Odissi, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Cchau, Satriya, Yaksagana and Bhagavata Mela.
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