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{{Short description|Annual event in India for Meitei literature}}
{{About|an annual event for [[Meitei literature]]|the annual event dedicated to [[Meitei language]] in India|Meitei language day|the annual event dedicated to the same language in Bangladesh|Meitei language festival}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2023}}
{{Contains special characters|Meitei}}
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| title = Meitei poetry day 
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| caption = Places where the "Meitei poetry day" is annually celebrated
| native_name = {{lang-mni|Meiteilon Sheirenggi Numit}}
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| english_name = Meitei poetry day
| time = Meragee Thanil ([[full moon]] day of the [[Meitei calendar|Meitei lunar month]] of "Mera")
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| venue = [[Manipur]], other [[Northeast India]]n states and [[West Bengal]]{{efn|The event is annually observed in Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal by an organization named "Manipuri in Kolkata" (MIK).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ajit |first=Sh |title=Manipuri in Kolkata observes "Manipuri Poetry Day" - Imphal Times |url=https://www.imphaltimes.com/news/item/15818-manipuri-in-kolkata-observes-manipuri-poetry-day |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=www.imphaltimes.com |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipuri in Kolkata observes 'Manipuri Poetry Day' : 15th oct19 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=14..151019.oct19 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>}}
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| also_known_as = Manipuri poetry day
| type = annual literary event
| theme = Poetry in [[Meitei literature]]
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| target = Promotion and development of poetries in [[Meitei language]] (officially called [[Manipuri language]])
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* [[Sahitya Akademi]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipuri Sheirenggi Numit observed : 14th oct19 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=29..141019.oct19 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
* [[Manipuri Sahitya Parishad]], [[Jiribam]] (MSPJ)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipuri Poetry Day observed at Jiribam : 14th oct19 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=18..141019.oct19 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
* Divine Life Club, Langthabal<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-10 |title=Lets contribute for the society with a sense of sacrifice, says minister Shyam {{!}} Pothashang News |url=https://www.pothashang.in/2018/10/10/lets-contribute-for-the-society-with-a-sense-of-sacrifice-says-minister-shyam/ |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=Pothashang |language=en-GB |quote=... just 2 weeks prior to celebrating the Second Manipuri Poetry Day at Manipur Dramatic Union, Yaiskul on the 24th of this month. ... The event was organised with collaborative efforts from Naharol Sahitya Premee Samiti, Imphal, Fiction and Poetry Club, Manipur and Divine Life Club, Langthabal. ...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Samom |first=Sobhapati |date=2018-10-11 |title=Manipur: Dr Kamal Literary Complex inaugurated ahead of poetry festival |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/manipur-dr-kamal-literary-complex-inaugurated-ahead-poetry-festival.html |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Fiction and Poetry Club, Manipur<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samom |first=Sobhapati |date=2018-10-11 |title=Manipur: Dr Kamal Literary Complex inaugurated ahead of poetry festival |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/manipur-dr-kamal-literary-complex-inaugurated-ahead-poetry-festival.html |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipuri seireng gi numit, 2021 pangthoklagani. |url=https://www.hoten.life/topics/491/update/4424/manipuri-seireng-gi-numit-2021-pangthokl |access-date=2023-03-09 |website= |language=mni}}</ref>
* JN Manipur Dance Academy (JNMDA)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipuri Poetry Day observed, 3 poets feted : 10th oct22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=42..101022.oct22 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
* Manipur Dramatic Union, Yaiskul<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-10 |title=Lets contribute for the society with a sense of sacrifice, says minister Shyam {{!}} Pothashang News |url=https://www.pothashang.in/2018/10/10/lets-contribute-for-the-society-with-a-sense-of-sacrifice-says-minister-shyam/ |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=Pothashang |language=en-GB |quote=... just 2 weeks prior to celebrating the Second Manipuri Poetry Day at Manipur Dramatic Union, Yaiskul on the 24th of this month. ... The event was organised with collaborative efforts from Naharol Sahitya Premee Samiti, Imphal, Fiction and Poetry Club, Manipur and Divine Life Club, Langthabal. ...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Samom |first=Sobhapati |date=2018-10-11 |title=Manipur: Dr Kamal Literary Complex inaugurated ahead of poetry festival |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/manipur-dr-kamal-literary-complex-inaugurated-ahead-poetry-festival.html |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Naharol Sahitya Premee Samiti, [[Imphal]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-10 |title=Lets contribute for the society with a sense of sacrifice, says minister Shyam {{!}} Pothashang News |url=https://www.pothashang.in/2018/10/10/lets-contribute-for-the-society-with-a-sense-of-sacrifice-says-minister-shyam/ |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=Pothashang |language=en-GB |quote=... just 2 weeks prior to celebrating the Second Manipuri Poetry Day at Manipur Dramatic Union, Yaiskul on the 24th of this month. ... The event was organised with collaborative efforts from Naharol Sahitya Premee Samiti, Imphal, Fiction and Poetry Club, Manipur and Divine Life Club, Langthabal. ...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Samom |first=Sobhapati |date=2018-10-11 |title=Manipur: Dr Kamal Literary Complex inaugurated ahead of poetry festival |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/manipur-dr-kamal-literary-complex-inaugurated-ahead-poetry-festival.html |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[St. Joseph University, Nagaland]] (SJU)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Naresh |first=Huirem |title=Report on Curtain Rising Program of Manipuri Poetry Day, 2019 - Imphal Times |url=https://www.imphaltimes.com/news/item/15758-report-on-curtain-rising-program-of-manipuri-poetry-day-2019 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=www.imphaltimes.com |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Curtain Raiser of Manipuri Poetry Day - 2022 at Dimapur |url=https://www.hoten.life/topics/491/update/8349/curtain-raiser-of-manipuri-poetry-day-2022-at-dimapur |access-date=2023-03-09}}</ref>
* "Manipuri in Kolkata" (MIK)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ajit |first=Sh |title=Manipuri in Kolkata observes "Manipuri Poetry Day" - Imphal Times |url=https://www.imphaltimes.com/news/item/15818-manipuri-in-kolkata-observes-manipuri-poetry-day |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=www.imphaltimes.com |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipuri in Kolkata observes 'Manipuri Poetry Day' : 15th oct19 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=14..151019.oct19 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
* Manipur Bhavan, [[Kolkata]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ajit |first=Sh |title=Manipuri in Kolkata observes "Manipuri Poetry Day" - Imphal Times |url=https://www.imphaltimes.com/news/item/15818-manipuri-in-kolkata-observes-manipuri-poetry-day |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=www.imphaltimes.com |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipuri in Kolkata observes 'Manipuri Poetry Day' : 15th oct19 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=14..151019.oct19 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
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'''Meitei poetry day''' ({{lang-mni|Meitei Sheirenggi Numit}}), formally termed as '''Manipuri poetry day''' ({{lang-mni|Manipuri Sheirenggi Numit}}), is an annual literary event organised to promote the poetries in [[Meitei language]] (officially called [[Manipuri language]]). It is organised in [[Manipur]] as well as in other [[Meitei speakers]] populated areas, aiming to popularise and expose [[Meitei literature]] ([[Manipuri literature]]) to the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipuri Poetry Day 2021 celebrated |url=https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2021/10/21/IMPHAL-Oct-21Department-of-English-St-Joseph-University-Nagaland-in-collaboration-with-Fiction.html |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=www.thesangaiexpress.com |language=en}}</ref>
The poetry day honours the contributions of the poets of [[Meitei literature]] as well as the diverse and distinctive uncommon literary traditions of the [[Meitei language]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=St Joseph University, Nagaland observes Manipuri Poetry Day 2022 |url=https://www.ifp.co.in/poetry/st-joseph-university-nagaland-observes-manipuri-poetry-day-2022 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=[[Imphal Free Press]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipuri Poetry Day 2021 celebrated : 22nd oct21 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=14..221021.oct21 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>

== Dates of celebrations ==
{{Incomplete list|date=March 2023}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Year in Common Era (CE)
! Dates in [[Meitei calendar]]
! Dates in [[Gregorian calendar]]
! Note(s) or Reference(s)
|-
| 2022
| Meragee [[Full Moon|Thanil]]/Meragi [[Full Moon|Purnima]]
| 9 October
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Seireng thiba changdamnaba (Recitation Competition) pangthokchagadouri. |url=https://www.hoten.life/topics/490/update/8104/seireng-thiba-changdamnaba-recitation-competition-pangthokchagadouri |access-date=2023-03-09 |website= |language=mni}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
| Meragee [[Full Moon|Thanil]]/Meragi [[Full Moon|Purnima]]
| 13 October
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Naresh |first=Huirem |title=Report on Curtain Rising Program of Manipuri Poetry Day, 2019 - Imphal Times |url=https://www.imphaltimes.com/news/item/15758-report-on-curtain-rising-program-of-manipuri-poetry-day-2019 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=www.imphaltimes.com |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Report on Curtain Rising Program of Manipuri Poetry Day, 2019 : 05th oct19 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=5..051019.oct19 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
|}

== Organisers ==
{{Incomplete list|date=March 2023}}

=== National level ===
* [[Sahitya Akademi]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipuri Sheirenggi Numit observed : 14th oct19 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=29..141019.oct19 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>

=== In Manipur ===
* [[Manipuri Sahitya Parishad]], [[Jiribam]] (MSPJ)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipuri Poetry Day observed at Jiribam : 14th oct19 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=18..141019.oct19 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
* Divine Life Club, Langthabal<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-10 |title=Lets contribute for the society with a sense of sacrifice, says minister Shyam {{!}} Pothashang News |url=https://www.pothashang.in/2018/10/10/lets-contribute-for-the-society-with-a-sense-of-sacrifice-says-minister-shyam/ |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=Pothashang |language=en-GB |quote=... just 2 weeks prior to celebrating the Second Manipuri Poetry Day at Manipur Dramatic Union, Yaiskul on the 24th of this month. ... The event was organised with collaborative efforts from Naharol Sahitya Premee Samiti, Imphal, Fiction and Poetry Club, Manipur and Divine Life Club, Langthabal. ...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Samom |first=Sobhapati |date=2018-10-11 |title=Manipur: Dr Kamal Literary Complex inaugurated ahead of poetry festival |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/manipur-dr-kamal-literary-complex-inaugurated-ahead-poetry-festival.html |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Fiction and Poetry Club, Manipur<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samom |first=Sobhapati |date=2018-10-11 |title=Manipur: Dr Kamal Literary Complex inaugurated ahead of poetry festival |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/manipur-dr-kamal-literary-complex-inaugurated-ahead-poetry-festival.html |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipuri seireng gi numit, 2021 pangthoklagani. |url=https://www.hoten.life/topics/491/update/4424/manipuri-seireng-gi-numit-2021-pangthokl |access-date=2023-03-09 |website= |language=mni}}</ref>
* JN Manipur Dance Academy (JNMDA)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipuri Poetry Day observed, 3 poets feted : 10th oct22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=42..101022.oct22 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
* Manipur Dramatic Union, Yaiskul<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-10 |title=Lets contribute for the society with a sense of sacrifice, says minister Shyam {{!}} Pothashang News |url=https://www.pothashang.in/2018/10/10/lets-contribute-for-the-society-with-a-sense-of-sacrifice-says-minister-shyam/ |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=Pothashang |language=en-GB |quote=... just 2 weeks prior to celebrating the Second Manipuri Poetry Day at Manipur Dramatic Union, Yaiskul on the 24th of this month. ... The event was organised with collaborative efforts from Naharol Sahitya Premee Samiti, Imphal, Fiction and Poetry Club, Manipur and Divine Life Club, Langthabal. ...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Samom |first=Sobhapati |date=2018-10-11 |title=Manipur: Dr Kamal Literary Complex inaugurated ahead of poetry festival |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/manipur-dr-kamal-literary-complex-inaugurated-ahead-poetry-festival.html |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Naharol Sahitya Premee Samiti, [[Imphal]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-10 |title=Lets contribute for the society with a sense of sacrifice, says minister Shyam {{!}} Pothashang News |url=https://www.pothashang.in/2018/10/10/lets-contribute-for-the-society-with-a-sense-of-sacrifice-says-minister-shyam/ |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=Pothashang |language=en-GB |quote=... just 2 weeks prior to celebrating the Second Manipuri Poetry Day at Manipur Dramatic Union, Yaiskul on the 24th of this month. ... The event was organised with collaborative efforts from Naharol Sahitya Premee Samiti, Imphal, Fiction and Poetry Club, Manipur and Divine Life Club, Langthabal. ...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Samom |first=Sobhapati |date=2018-10-11 |title=Manipur: Dr Kamal Literary Complex inaugurated ahead of poetry festival |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/manipur-dr-kamal-literary-complex-inaugurated-ahead-poetry-festival.html |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== In Nagaland ===
* [[St. Joseph University, Nagaland]] (SJU)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Naresh |first=Huirem |title=Report on Curtain Rising Program of Manipuri Poetry Day, 2019 - Imphal Times |url=https://www.imphaltimes.com/news/item/15758-report-on-curtain-rising-program-of-manipuri-poetry-day-2019 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=www.imphaltimes.com |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Curtain Raiser of Manipuri Poetry Day - 2022 at Dimapur |url=https://www.hoten.life/topics/491/update/8349/curtain-raiser-of-manipuri-poetry-day-2022-at-dimapur |access-date=2023-03-09}}</ref>

=== In West Bengal ===
* "Manipuri in Kolkata" (MIK)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ajit |first=Sh |title=Manipuri in Kolkata observes "Manipuri Poetry Day" - Imphal Times |url=https://www.imphaltimes.com/news/item/15818-manipuri-in-kolkata-observes-manipuri-poetry-day |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=www.imphaltimes.com |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipuri in Kolkata observes 'Manipuri Poetry Day' : 15th oct19 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=14..151019.oct19 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
* Manipur Bhavan, [[Kolkata]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ajit |first=Sh |title=Manipuri in Kolkata observes "Manipuri Poetry Day" - Imphal Times |url=https://www.imphaltimes.com/news/item/15818-manipuri-in-kolkata-observes-manipuri-poetry-day |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=www.imphaltimes.com |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipuri in Kolkata observes 'Manipuri Poetry Day' : 15th oct19 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=14..151019.oct19 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Meitei language movement]]s
* [[Meitei Chanu (poem)]]
* [[Khamba Thoibi Sheireng]]
* [[Numit Kappa]]
* [[Tha Tha Thabungton]]
* [[Sana Leibak Manipur]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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