Created by Ferien
Last edited March 21, 2024
No edit summary
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
No edit summary
 
Line 1: Line 1:
'''"Maibi Jagoi"''' ({{lang-mni|ꯃꯥꯢꯕꯤ ꯖꯒꯣꯢ}}) (literally, ''"Priestess' dance"''<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=bQQNCU-QWBAC&pg=PA67&dq=maibi+Jagoi+priestess+dance&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjMm7ji7tfuAhXIbn0KHQU_B0AQ6AEwBXoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=maibi%20Jagoi%20priestess%20dance&f=false</ref>) is a traditional dance form performed by the [[maibi]]s (priestesses) during the religious festival of [[Lai Haraoba]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=NROER - File - Manipuri 19|url=https://nroer.gov.in/55ab34ff81fccb4f1d806025/file/57c12f0a16b51c12b71ad160|access-date=2021-02-07|website=nroer.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=GaeyAAAAIAAJ&q=maibi+Jagoi+dance&dq=maibi+Jagoi+dance&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv0P_K0dfuAhWWbX0KHaiRCBY4ChDoATAGegQIAxAC|title=India Perspectives|date=1994|publisher=Produced by PTI for the Ministry of External Affairs|language=en}}</ref> The dance form is enacted in various ways depending on the variation of the regions.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=s8vfAAAAMAAJ&q=maibi+Jagoi+priestess+dance&dq=maibi+Jagoi+priestess+dance&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjMm7ji7tfuAhXIbn0KHQU_B0AQ6AEwAnoECAQQAg</ref> The Maibi Jagoi dance form performed by the female priestesses of the Leihou tribe is one of the most remarkable one.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=S_4dAAAAMAAJ&q=maibi+Jagoi+dance&dq=maibi+Jagoi+dance&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv0P_K0dfuAhWWbX0KHaiRCBY4ChDoATABegQIBxAC|title=The History of Manipur: An early period|last=Singh|first=Wahengbam Ibohal|date=1986|publisher=Manipur Commercial Company|language=en}}</ref>  
{{Short description|Ritual dance by Maibis}}
Due to its unique way of performance and costume,<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=bQQNCU-QWBAC&pg=PA67&dq=maibi+Jagoi+priestess+dance&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjMm7ji7tfuAhXIbn0KHQU_B0AQ6AEwBXoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=maibi%20Jagoi%20priestess%20dance&f=false</ref> the dance form is famous all over the [[Indian subcontinent]] and abroad.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=c276DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT96&dq=maibi+Jagoi+dance&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv0P_K0dfuAhWWbX0KHaiRCBY4ChDoATAJegQIAhAC#v=onepage&q=maibi%20Jagoi%20dance&f=false|title=The Cultural Heritage of Manipur|last=Meitei|first=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>
'''Maibi Jagoi''' or '''Maibi Dance''' is a [[Shamanism|shamanic]] ritual dance performed by [[Maibi]]s mostly during [[Lai Haraoba]] ceremony for the [[Umang Lai|forest deities]] of [[Manipur]]. Maibism or Maibi culture is a dominant feature of [[Sanamahism]].They are considered as medium between [[human]] and [[Soul|spirits]]. A woman may become a ''maibi'' at any age at any time. Being a maibi depend on being chosen by the ''Lai''. The maibis get trained in dance, music chanting, and complex ritual procedures. The spiritual partners of maibis are male maibas who were also trained in ancient lore, spirit, incarnation and psycho analytic{{Fact|date=August 2021}} methods.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kshetrimayum|first=Otojit|date=2009|title=Women and Shamanism in Manipur and Korea: A Comparative Study|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41920088|journal=Indian Anthropologist|volume=39|issue=1/2|pages=17–34|jstor=41920088|issn=0970-0927}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XB1hYExmADkC&q=Maibi+jagoi|title=Kuensel: A Weekly Official Bulletin of the Royal Government of Bhutan|date=1976|publisher=Department of Information, Ministry of Development at the Royal Government of Bhutan Press|language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Lai_Haraoba-3_-_5571676820.jpg]]
The maibis (priestesses) also enact "Laihou Jagoi" (''"Dance of invitation"''<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=9jtuAAAAMAAJ&q=maibi+Jagoi+dance&dq=maibi+Jagoi+dance&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv0P_K0dfuAhWWbX0KHaiRCBY4ChDoATAAegQIABAC</ref>), along with the performance of "pena", a traditional music instrument.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=COCBAAAAMAAJ&q=maibi+Jagoi+dance&dq=maibi+Jagoi+dance&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwim0vqV0dfuAhVQdCsKHWz5CrUQ6AEwCHoECAgQAg</ref><ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=9jtuAAAAMAAJ&q=maibi+Jagoi+dance&dq=maibi+Jagoi+dance&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv0P_K0dfuAhWWbX0KHaiRCBY4ChDoATAAegQIABAC</ref>


==See also==
== Gallery ==
* [[Panthoibi Jagoi]]
[[File:Lai_Haraoba-3_-_5571676820.jpg|alt=Lai_Haraoba-3_-_5571676820|thumb|center]]
[[File:Pung_Cholam.jpg|alt=Pung_Cholam|center|thumb]]


==External links==
== References ==
* http://www.e-pao.net/epGallery.asp?id=1&src=Arts_Dances/Manipuri_Dance_Gallery/Maibi201912
{{reflist}}
* http://www.e-pao.net/epGallery.asp?id=1&src=Arts_Dances/LaiHaraoba/MaibiJagoiSangai201112
* http://www.e-pao.net/epGallery.asp?id=1&src=Arts_Dances/LaiHaraoba/ICCRMaibi20160422


==References==
[[Category:Sanamahism]]
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Shamanism]]
[[Category:Meitei culture]]
[[Category:Ritual dances]]
[[Category:Jagoi]]
[[Category:Dances of Manipur]]
{{stub}}
[[Category:Women in Meitei culture]]
{{simple-Wikipedia}}
 
{{Sanamahism-stub}}
{{reli-anthropology-stub}}

Latest revision as of 00:19, 21 March 2024


Maibi Jagoi or Maibi Dance is a shamanic ritual dance performed by Maibis mostly during Lai Haraoba ceremony for the forest deities of Manipur. Maibism or Maibi culture is a dominant feature of Sanamahism.They are considered as medium between human and spirits. A woman may become a maibi at any age at any time. Being a maibi depend on being chosen by the Lai. The maibis get trained in dance, music chanting, and complex ritual procedures. The spiritual partners of maibis are male maibas who were also trained in ancient lore, spirit, incarnation and psycho analytic[citation needed] methods.[1][2]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Lai_Haraoba-3_-_5571676820
Pung_Cholam

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Kshetrimayum, Otojit (2009). "Women and Shamanism in Manipur and Korea: A Comparative Study". Indian Anthropologist. 39 (1/2): 17–34. ISSN 0970-0927. JSTOR 41920088.
  2. Kuensel: A Weekly Official Bulletin of the Royal Government of Bhutan. Department of Information, Ministry of Development at the Royal Government of Bhutan Press. 1976.

Template:Reli-anthropology-stub