NOWHERE in India do people practice the arts of dance, drama, music, and their combined form, opera, so widely as in the princely state of Manipur. Perhaps, too, no other area of India has been quite ...

With Beating of the Retreat and spectacular Folk Dance Competition, the 77th Republic Day Celebration ended on Tuesday. The closing ceremony was held at the Parade Ground of 1st Battalion, Manipur ...

In its fourth edition, the National Centre for the Performing Arts’ (NCPA) August Dance Residency will focus on Manipuri dance. The two-day event will feature performances, lectures and a master class ...

Forty-five 'unsung heroes' from India were awarded Padma Shri honors. Recipients include a former bus conductor who created ...

Legend says how Manipur had been created when the land was under water. Nine Lapumingthou (gods) and seven Lainuras (goddesses) came down from heaven and threw soil into the water from the hills and ...

Two moments stood out during a long 90-minute program from the Anjika Manipuri Dance Troupe at the Irvine Barclay Theatre on Tuesday night. One was impressively martial -- a sword-swiveling solo by ...

Glimpses of the alluring sweetness and serenity of classical dance from the isolated northeastern Indian state of Manipur are rare in Los Angeles, where India is most often represented by its dynamic ...

Manipur’s legendary cultural maestro Yumnam Jatra Singh, who has been posthumously named a recipient of the Padma Shri, has ...

Manipur, the source of Indian traditional dancing By Khaled Al-Enizi NEW DELHI, Jan 5 (KUNA) -- Arts and cultures vary in the subcontinent of India, where every village and province has its own ...

The Governor of Manipur, Ajay Kumar Bhalla, on Wednesday presided over the Commemoration of the Foundation Days of eight States—Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, ...