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During the [[Lai Haraoba]] festival, devotees dance to please various deities. Among them, male dancers act after the styles of [[Pakhangba|Haraba (alias Pakhangba)]] and female dancers act after the styles of goddess Nongthang Leima. Goddess Nongthang Leima represents the lightning.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gxqeDwAAQBAJ&dq=nongthang+leima&pg=PA58|title=Glimpses of Manipuri Culture|last=Devi|first=Dr Yumlembam Gopi|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-0-359-72919-7|pages=58|language=en}}</ref> | During the [[Lai Haraoba]] festival, devotees dance to please various deities. Among them, male dancers act after the styles of [[Pakhangba|Haraba (alias Pakhangba)]] and female dancers act after the styles of goddess Nongthang Leima. Goddess Nongthang Leima represents the lightning.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gxqeDwAAQBAJ&dq=nongthang+leima&pg=PA58|title=Glimpses of Manipuri Culture|last=Devi|first=Dr Yumlembam Gopi|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-0-359-72919-7|pages=58|language=en}}</ref> | ||
== Identification with other | == Identification with other goddesses == | ||
{{See|Incarnations of Leimarel Sidabi|Incarnations of Nongthang Leima}} | {{See|Incarnations of Leimarel Sidabi|Incarnations of Nongthang Leima}} | ||
Goddess Nongthang Leima is often identified as [[Leimarel Sidabi]]. The former is considered as an incarnation of the latter.<ref>Kaushal, Molly; Arts, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the (2001). Chanted Narratives: The Living "katha-vachana" Tradition. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. p. 250. ISBN 978-81-246-0182-2.</ref> | Goddess Nongthang Leima is often identified as [[Leimarel Sidabi]]. The former is considered as an incarnation of the latter.<ref>Kaushal, Molly; Arts, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the (2001). Chanted Narratives: The Living "katha-vachana" Tradition. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. p. 250. ISBN 978-81-246-0182-2.</ref> |