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[[File:ꯃꯩꯇꯩ ꯅꯨꯄꯤ.jpg|thumb|250px|An illustration of a Meitei woman]]
Women ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Latn|Nupi/Nipi}}|}}) have significant roles in different elements of [[Meitei culture]], including [[Meitei dances]], [[Meitei festivals]], [[Meitei folklore]], [[Meitei folktales]], [[Meitei literature]], [[Meitei mythology]], [[Sanamahism|Meitei religion]], etc.

== Women as goddesses ==
{{Further|Ancient Meitei goddesses}}
Besides natural elements and phenomena personified as divine feminine beings, venerated and worshipped by the [[Meitei people]] in [[Sanamahism|Meitei religion]], many women are also deified to the same status.
The personality of [[Imoinu]], [[Panthoibi]] and [[Phouoibi]] shows as well as influences the [[:en:wikt:boldness|boldness]], courage, independence, [[:en:wikt:righteousness|righteousness]] and social honour of [[Meitei people|Meitei women]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sIEOy8SRLv8C&q=emoinu+shows+that+Meitei+women+are+bold+%2C+courageous+%2C+independent+and+enjoy+their+due+rights+and+have+an+honourable+place+in+the+society+&pg=PA24|title=Women's Role in the 20th Century Manipur: A Historical Study|last=Kipgen|first=Tingneichong G.|date=2010|publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-7835-803-1|language=en}}</ref>

'''[[Leimarel Sidabi]]''' ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|[[ꯂꯩꯃꯔꯦꯜ ꯁꯤꯗꯕꯤ]]}}|}}), also known as '''Leimalel Sitapi''' ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|ꯂꯩꯃꯂꯦꯜ ꯁꯤꯇꯄꯤ}}|}}), is an [[ancient Meitei goddess]] associated with earth, nature and the household. In [[Meitei mythology]] and the [[Sanamahism|religion]] of [[Ancient Kangleipak]] (early [[Manipur]]), she is the highest female divinity as well as is revered as the mother of every living being in the universe.<ref name="Devi 2002 48">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tIBymmBWqgsC&dq=leimaren+sidabi&pg=PA48|title=The Lois of Manipur: Andro, Khurkhul, Phayeng and Sekmai|last=Devi|first=Lairenlakpam Bino|date=2002|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-849-5|pages=48|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c276DwAAQBAJ&q=Leimarel+is+the+universal+mother&pg=PT221|title=The Cultural Heritage of Manipur|last1=Meitei|first1=Sanjenbam Yaiphaba|last2=Chaudhuri|first2=Sarit K.|last3=Arunkumar|first3=M. C.|date=2020-11-25|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-000-29637-2|pages=221|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3FJEfU3swcC&q=Leimarel+Universal+Mother+&pg=PA200|title=Social Movements in North-East India|last=Karna|first=Mahendra Narain|date=1998|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=978-81-7387-083-5|pages=200|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gxqeDwAAQBAJ&dq=leimaren&pg=PA23|title=Glimpses of Manipuri Culture|last=Devi|first=Dr Yumlembam Gopi|date=16 June 2019 |isbn=978-0-359-72919-7|pages=23|publisher=Lulu.com |language=en}}</ref>

'''[[Imoinu]]''', also spelled as '''[[Emoinu]]''' ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|[[ꯏꯃꯣꯏꯅꯨ]]}}|}}), is an [[ancient Meitei goddess]], associated with household, [[hearth]], family, [[fireplace]], kitchen, wealth, peace and prosperity.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hy3_AwAAQBAJ&dq=emoinu&pg=PT44|title=Highway on my Plate - II: the indian guide to roadside eating|last1=Singh|first1=Rocky|last2=Sharma|first2=Mayur|date=2014-07-25|publisher=Random House India|isbn=978-81-8400-642-1|pages=44|language=en}}</ref><ref name="A Hymn for Goddess Emoinu">{{Cite web|url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Manipur_and_Religion.A_Hymn_for_Goddess_Emoinu|title=A Hymn for Goddess Emoinu|website=e-pao.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/meiteis-celebrate-emoinu/cid/1627030|title=Meiteis celebrate Emoinu|website=telegraphindia.com}}</ref> In [[Meitei mythology]] and [[Sanamahism|religion]] of [[Ancient Kangleipak]] ([[Antique Manipur]]), she is also identified as a form of goddess [[Leimarel Sidabi]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gxqeDwAAQBAJ&q=imoinu+goddess+association+Leimarel+Sidabee+representations+aspects+earth+goddess&pg=PA23|title=Glimpses of Manipuri Culture|last=Devi|first=Dr Yumlembam Gopi|date=16 June 2019 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-0-359-72919-7|language=en}}</ref><ref name="e-pao.net">{{Cite web|url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=reviews.books.emoinu|title=EMOINU AHONGBI THOUNIROL (A Traditional adoration to Goddess Emoinu)|website=e-pao.net}}</ref>

In [[Meitei mythology]] and [[Sanamahism|religion]] of [[Ancient Kangleipak]] (early [[Manipur]]), '''[[Panthoibi]]''' ({{lang-mni|{{Script|Mtei|[[ꯄꯥꯟꯊꯣꯏꯕꯤ]]}}|Paanthoibee}}, {{lang-omp|{{Script|Mtei|[[ꯄꯥꯟꯊꯣꯢꯄꯤ]]}}|[[Panthoipi]]}}), also known as {{langnf|mni|'''[[Nongpok Leima]]'''|Queen of the East}}, is an [[ancient Meitei goddess]] associated with civilization, courage, fertility, handicraft, love, victory, warfare and wisdom.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wPjqAAAAMAAJ&q=panthoibi+goddess|title=Other Masters: Five Contemporary Folk and Tribal Artists of India|last=Jain|first=Jyotindra|date=1998|publisher=Crafts Museum and the Handicrafts and Handlooms Exports Corporation of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=COCBAAAAMAAJ&q=panthoibi+goddess|title=The Pleasing of the Gods: Meitei Lai Haraoba|last=Parratt|first=Saroj Nalini|date=1997|publisher=Vikas Publishing House|isbn=978-81-259-0416-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=izhuAAAAMAAJ&q=panthoibi+goddess|title=Proceedings of North East India History Association|last=Session|first=North East India History Association|date=2001|publisher=The Association|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZF9uAAAAMAAJ&q=panthoibi+war|title=A Short History of Manipur|last=Singh|first=R. K. Jhalajit|date=1992|publisher=R.K. Jhalajit Singh|language=en}}</ref><ref>Social Movements in Contemporary India - Page 98 - Bidyut Chakrabarty, Shibani Kinkar Chaube · 1999</ref>
She is considered to be a divine incarnation of goddess [[Leimarel Sidabi]] as well as that of [[Nongthang Leima]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Folks.Folk_Tales.Incarnations_of_Goddess_Nongthang_Leima_By_James_Oinam|title = Incarnations of Goddess Nongthang Leima by James Oinam|website = e-pao.net}}</ref>

In [[Meitei mythology]] and [[Sanamahism|religion]] of [[Ancient Kangleipak]] (early [[Manipur]]), '''[[Phouoibi]]''', also known as '''[[Phouleima]]''', is an [[ancient Meitei goddess]] associated with agriculture, crops, fertility, grains, harvest, paddy, rice and wealth.<ref name="Paniker 1997">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KYLpvaKJIMEC&dq=phou-oibi+waron+lady+paddy+plenty+rice+goddess+fickle&pg=PA334|title=Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections|last=Paniker|first=K. Ayyappa|date=1997|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0365-5|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Devi 2002">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tIBymmBWqgsC&dq=Phouoibi+goddess+wealth+Fouoibi+akong+jamba&pg=PA14|title=The Lois of Manipur: Andro, Khurkhul, Phayeng and Sekmai|last=Devi|first=Lairenlakpam Bino|date=2002|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-849-5|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Sanajaoba 1993">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vO-vtI8NuxIC&q=phouoibi+goddess+paddy+sharotkhaibam+invoke&pg=PA4|title=Manipur: Treatise & Documents|last=Sanajaoba|first=Naorem|date=1993|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-399-5|language=en}}</ref><ref name="The Cultural Heritage of Manipur">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c276DwAAQBAJ&dq=phouoibi&pg=PT137|title=The Cultural Heritage of Manipur|last1=Meitei|first1=Sanjenbam Yaiphaba|last2=Chaudhuri|first2=Sarit K.|last3=Arunkumar|first3=M. C.|date=2020-11-25|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-000-29637-2|language=en}}</ref>

== Women in Meitei literature ==
{{Further|Meitei literature|Meitei Chanu (poem)}}
The [[Meitei Chanu (poem)]] depicts the [[Feminization of language|feminization]] of the [[Meitei language]] and [[Meitei literature]].
Its opening lines notably shows the idea of a culture that is prevalent in the form of a shrine ({{lang-mni|ꯂꯥꯏꯁꯡ, ꯂꯥꯏꯁꯪ|laishang}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=H. Surmangol |date=2006 |title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Laishang |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%8F%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%A1&searchhws=yes# |website=dsal.uchicago.edu}}</ref>). The very literary temple refers to the remaining empty without a goddess ({{lang-mni|ꯂꯥꯏꯔꯦꯝꯕꯤ|lairembi}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=H. Surmangol |date=2006 |title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Lairembi |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%8F%EA%AF%94%EA%AF%A6%EA%AF%9D%EA%AF%95%EA%AF%A4&searchhws=yes |website=dsal.uchicago.edu}}</ref>) for a very long period of time. This [[metaphor]] shows significant transformation in history as "Ema" ({{lang-mni|ꯏꯃꯥ|/í.ma/|mother}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=H. Surmangol |date=2006 |title=Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Ema |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/sharma_query.py?qs=%EA%AF%8F%EA%AF%83%EA%AF%A5&searchhws=yes# |website=dsal.uchicago.edu}}</ref>) or the "Meitei Chanu" ({{lang-mni|ꯃꯩꯇꯩ ꯆꯅꯨ|/mə́i.təi cə.nu/|Meitei Lady}}) re-occupies the temple. The reasons why she could enter into her past shrine once again are because of the [[European studies|western education]], their imitations and the feminization of language and literature.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lancha |first=Ningthouja |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=69NqDwAAQBAJ&q=false&pg=PA64 |title=Kangla Lanpung Summer 2018 |date=2018-06-30 |publisher=RK Sanatomba Memorial Trust, Palace Compound, Imphal -795001, Manipur |pages=64 |language=en}}</ref>

== Women in music ==
=== In traditional music ===
{{Further|Moirang Sai|Nura Pakhang (Eu e Tu)|Shakuhachi meets Pena}}

In the 2010s, Ima Thoinu, a traditional [[Moirang Sai]] singer, got only a few students to learn the endangered art form, which was the only means to keep it alive.
A small group of performers are again learning the nearly extinct art form of the [[Moirang Sai]] to save it from total extinction.
The art form was outstandingly revived due to the hard works of Mangka Mayanglambam ({{lang-mni|{{script|mtei|ꯃꯪꯀꯥ ꯃꯌꯥꯡꯂꯝꯕꯝ}}}}), a traditional Meitei folk singer and artist of the "Laihui" ({{lang-mni|{{script|mtei|ꯂꯥꯏꯍꯨꯏ}}}}). Mangka is re-popularising the nearly extinct art form among the present youth once again.<ref name=":sevensistersmusic.com">{{Cite web |title=Mangka sings Moirang Sai with Laihui Ensemble – Manipur's Traditional Folk Music & Dance |url=https://sevensistersmusic.com/?p=273 |access-date=2022-12-29 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":scroll.in">{{Cite web |last=Shukla |first=Vandana |title=Fighting all odds and jeers, a 21-year-old woman is reviving nearly-extinct Manipuri folk songs |url=https://scroll.in/magazine/854968/fighting-all-odds-and-jeers-a-21-year-old-singer-has-revived-nearly-extinct-manipuri-folk-songs |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=Scroll.in |date=15 December 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":www.telegraphindia.com">{{Cite web |title=Glimpses of dying art form earn kudos |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/glimpses-of-dying-art-form-earn-kudos/cid/541356 |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

== Women's only market ==
{{Further|Ima Market}}
The '''[[Ima Market]]''' ({{lang-mni|[[Ima Keithel]]||[[Mothers' Market]]}}), also known as the {{langnf|mni|'''[[Nupi Keithel]]'''|[[Women's Market]]}} or the {{langnf|mni|'''[[Khwairamband Keithel]]'''|[[Khwairamband Market]]}},<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_ypgDwAAQBAJ&q=ima+keithel+markets+khwairamband+three&pg=PA248|title=Development and Disaster Management: A Study of the Northeastern States of India|last1=Singh|first1=Amita|last2=Punia|first2=Milap|last3=Haran|first3=Nivedita P.|last4=Singh|first4=Thiyam Bharat|date=2018-06-15|publisher=Springer |isbn=978-981-10-8485-0|language=en}}</ref> in [[Imphal]],<ref>{{Cite news|title=India's Mother's Market run by women|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-32793952|access-date=2021-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-01-04|title=Manipur's historic women's only market damaged in earthquake|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/manipur-s-historic-women-s-only-market-damaged-earthquake-37306|access-date=2021-09-24|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref> is the only market in the world run entirely by women.<ref>–{{Cite news |title=India's Mother's Market run by women |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-32793952}} –{{Cite book |last=Gupta |first=Om |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eENU_a8c79MC&q=ima+keithel+market+khwairamband+only+women+world&pg=PA974 |title=Encyclopaedia of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh |date=2006 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8205-389-2 |language=en |quote='Ima Keithel' at Khwairamband Bazar is the only market in the world where, as the name suggests, all the stalls are run by women.}} –{{Cite book |last=Shivhare |first=Vishal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vjzcDAAAQBAJ&q=ima+market+nupi+keithel+only+women+world&pg=PT37 |title=Vyapar Shastra |date=2016-08-17 |publisher=Jaico Publishing House |isbn=978-81-8495-898-0 |language=en |quote=Ima Keithel Market, Imphal, Manipur Ima market or Nupi Keithel, in Imphal, Manipur, is the only all-women marketplace in the world.}} –{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Dr Th Suresh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kbu_AwAAQBAJ&q=ima+keithel+market+only+women+world&pg=PA4 |title=The Endless Kabaw Valley: British Created Visious Cycle of Manipur, Burma and India |date=2014-06-02 |publisher=Quills Ink |isbn=978-93-84318-00-0 |language=en |quote=The world famous Ima Keithel, the only unique women ́s market in the world, situated at the heart of the capital : It was established in 1636 AD by king Khagemba as a part of his ...}} –{{Cite web |date=2016-01-04 |title=Manipur's historic women's only market damaged in earthquake |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/manipur-s-historic-women-s-only-market-damaged-earthquake-37306 |website=The News Minute |language=en}} –{{Cite book |last=Sahu (IAS) |first=Barun Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t8W-DwAAQBAJ&q=ima+keithel+market+women+exclusively&pg=PP123 |title=AN INQUIRY INTO VIGILANCE AND CORRUPTION |date=2020-01-01 |publisher=Prabhat Prakashan |isbn=978-93-5322-856-9 |language=en}} –{{Cite book |last1=Patra |first1=Jayanta Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j1mnDwAAQBAJ&q=ima+keithel+market+exclusively+run+women&pg=PT108 |title=Ethnopharmacology and Biodiversity of Medicinal Plants |last2=Das |first2=Gitishree |last3=Kumar |first3=Sanjeet |last4=Thatoi |first4=Hrudayanath |date=2019-08-05 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-0-429-67537-9 |language=en |quote=The Ima market or Ima keithel is a unique marketplace exclusively run by women.}} –{{Cite book |last=Deshpande |first=Abhijeet |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lblDDwAAQBAJ&q=ima+keithel++all+vendors+women&pg=PT100 |title=Backpacking North East India: A Curious Journey |date=2017-12-19 |publisher=Notion Press |isbn=978-1-946556-80-6 |language=en}}</ref> Inside the market, male shopkeepers and vendors are not allowed to sell anything.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdmYDwAAQBAJ&q=ima+keithel+mother%27s+market+male+members+punishable+offence&pg=PT92|title=Early Sunrise, Early Sunset: Tales of a Solo Woman Traveler Across North East and East India|last=Rastogi|first=Priyanka|date=2019-05-13|publisher=Partridge Publishing|isbn=978-1-5437-0523-2|language=en}}</ref>

The three major building complexes of the Ima Market are named after three prominent [[ancient Meitei goddesses]], who are [[Leimarel Sidabi]] (for Market No. 1), [[Emoinu]]/[[Imoinu]] (for Market No. 2) and [[Phouoibi]] (for Market No. 3).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Asia's largest all-women market reopens in Manipur {{!}} News - Times of India Videos |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/asias-largest-all-women-market-reopens-in-manipur/videoshow/80930212.cms |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=[[The Times of India]] |language=en |quote=... the names of the three Ima Markets as Leimarel Sidabi Ima Keithel for Market No. 1, Imoinu Ima Keithel for Market No. 2, and Phouoibi Ima Keithel for Market No. 3.}}</ref>

Ima Keithel is a classic example of the long-lasting tradition of business management done by Meitei women in [[Manipur]]. Traditionally, [[Meitei people|Meitei]] women always enjoyed high status in the economy of the society. Women lead the trade and commerce in food and vegetables, household things and clothes in Meitei society.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=abNDLZQ6quYC&dq=ima+keithel+market+nupi+meithei+women&pg=PA187|title=Ethnic Groups of South Asia and the Pacific: An Encyclopedia|last=Minahan|first=James|date=2012|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-59884-659-1|language=en}}</ref> In history, it is the symbol of the [[Women's empowerment|empowerment]] and the leadership prospects of Meitei women in [[Manipur]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vjzcDAAAQBAJ&dq=ima+keithel+market+historic+symbol+women+empowerment+leadership+potential&pg=PT37|title=Vyapar Shastra|last=Shivhare|first=Vishal|date=2016-08-17|publisher=Jaico Publishing House|isbn=978-81-8495-898-0|language=en}}</ref>

== Women's rebellions ==
{{Further|Nupi Lan}}
[[File:Nupi Lal - File Photo.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A photograph of a {{langnf|mni|[[Nupi Lan]]|Women's war}} in [[Manipur Kingdom]] against British colonial rule {{circa|1904}}]]

== Women in sports ==
=== In traditional sports ===
{{Further|Manipur Statehood Day Women's Polo Tournament|Daughters of the Polo God}}

=== In non traditional sports ===
{{Further|Saikhom Mirabai Chanu|Oinam Bembem Devi|Bombayla Devi Laishram|Laishram Sarita Devi|Kunjarani Devi}}

== Women torch bearers ==
{{Further|Meira Paibi}}
The {{langnf|mni|'''[[Meira Paibi]]'''|[[torch]] holding woman}} are traditional [[Meitei people|Meitei women]]'s social organisations and their movements in [[Manipur]].They originated during the times when there were no artificial light available or rare in Manipur, hence the womenfolk used handmade torches to light the paths. They work against many different social evils, like the misuse of military powers by the [[Indian Army]] in [[Manipur]], [[India]]. They are called the ''"Guardians of the society"''. The name comes from the burning [[torch]]es that the women carry. The torch has become the symbol of peaceful protest for justice at all levels of life.<ref name="Parratt">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fO4N_FI8jt4C&dq=meira+paibi&pg=PA157|title=Wounded Land: Politics and Identity in Modern Manipur|last=Parratt|first=John|date=2005-01-01|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-8324-053-6|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Qo3EAAAQBAJ&dq=meira+paibi&pg=PT161|title=State vs. Society in Northeast India: History, Politics and the Everyday|last=Sharma|first=G. Amarjit|date=2021-07-05|publisher=SAGE Publishing India|isbn=978-93-91370-45-9|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Karna 1998">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3FJEfU3swcC&dq=meira+paibi&pg=PA77|title=Social Movements in North-East India|last=Karna|first=Mahendra Narain|date=1998|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=978-81-7387-083-5|language=en}}</ref>

== Women in extravaganzas ==
{{Further|Meetei Chanu|Miss Kangleipak}}
'''[[Miss Meetei Chanu]]''', also spelled as '''[[Miss Meitei Chanu]]''', is an international annual beauty pageant that is run by the [[Manipur]] based ''[[Lainingthou Sanamahi Sana Pung]]'' (LSSP), aiming to make [[Meitei people|Meitei women]] understand the culture and tradition of [[Sanamahism]] ([[traditional Meitei religion]]).<ref name="telegraphindia.com">{{Cite web |title=Contest on Meitei way of life |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/contest-on-meitei-way-of-life/cid/1425684 |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref name="pothashang.in">{{Cite web |date=2018-11-01 |title=Meetei Chanu 2018 {{!}} Pothashang News |url=https://www.pothashang.in/2018/11/01/meetei-chanu-2018/ |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=Pothashang |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web |date=2017-12-20 |title='MEETEI CHANU' FINAL CONTEST ON DECEMBER 23 {{!}} Pothashang News |url=https://www.pothashang.in/2017/12/20/meetei-chanu-final-contest-december-23/ |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=Pothashang |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Plants in Meitei culture]]
* [[Hills and mountains in Meitei culture]]
* [[Birds in Meitei culture]]
* [[Animals in Meitei culture]]
* [[Women in Buddhist culture]]
* [[Women in Christian culture]]
* [[Women in Hindu culture]]
* [[Women in Islamic culture]]
* [[Women in Jewish culture]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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[[Category:Women in Meitei culture]]
[[Category:Women in mythology]]
[[Category:Women and religion]]
[[Category:Women in society]]

Women in Meitei culture - Revision history