#manipuri

[tomorrowwithme]

Radha Krishna in Manipuri poshak ~

keeping Manipur in my prayers

[teaah-art]

@sundaralekhan Day 4: Rarepair

This time around, I'm posing a secondary theme for my Sundaralekhan works — Arts. In the coming week, I'll be posting art for Sundaralekhan prompts in the form of studies of various art forms that revolve around Hindu mythology.

A traditional Manipuri Basanta Raas choreography involves three characters - Radha, Krishna, and Sakhi. A minimum of two Sakhis are a must for the composition. The Basanta Raas begins with Krishna hiding and Radha searching for him with her Sakhis. Then Krishna rejoins, and the Radhakrishna pairing takes the central stage, as the sakhi who helped Radha through her times without Krishna takes a backstage.

But what about a Radha x Sakhi pairing? It's such an interesting dynamic to think of in the context of this traditional Manipuri choreography. Each time, the Sakhi must support Radha and then simply yearn for her and support Radha being with Krishna and be pushed to the periphery. Are the Sakhi's feeling onesided? Or is Radha as polyamorous as Krishna? Does Radha not notice the Sakhi at all Much to think about!

For those not familiar with Manipuri, Radha wears a red blouse and green poloi (on the left of this image) and the Sakhi wears a green blouse and red poloi (on the right of this image). Their colours complement each other!

[thebisexualwreckoning]

Translating Meitei written in Bangla into English. These nacher bols are going to kill me

[euph0synee]

it is so irritating to me that how these stupid dance shows do not have any respect for the classical dances like ?!?!? i bet u my whole fucking life that these stupid dance show's so called "judges" can't do any type of classical dance and yet they go on shitting stuff like "ur dance was nice but a fusion or a different form would be even better" from they mouth like yk what else would be better? u stop breathing. yeah.

like the amount of disrespect they show to these superior dance forms like Bharatnatyam and kathak and all by fusioning them with these so called international dances like no disrespect to international dance forms but they are in no way superior to our own classical dance forms. a classical dancer goes through so much during their dance trainings. a ballerina is respected because her foot suffers so much in her dance trainings learning ballet so why are these classical dancers not getting THEIR respect that they DESERVE. look at a classical dancer's feet. it would not be soft cute uwu rather it would be hardened and will have calluses that shows the years wirth of trainings and pains they suffered yet u want to mix that dance form with other dance forms? just bc u think that the classical dance form alone is 'boring'?

Art is something that is beyond culture and traditions, i agree but that does not mean one has to lose their originality, their identity to cater to someone else's standards. if a classical dancer only performs classical dance it is NOT 'boring', it is NOT 'less talented' than others. please stop. stop making it seem like a classical dancer needs to have some international dance forms mixed/fusioned with their original dance forms to looks more 'interesting'.

[nisreensartworld]

This drawing is about me trying to learn Manipuri dance with a beautiful India-based teacher, with a little audience at home.　

Look at their baffled look. lol

I updated my bilingual blog. 日英ブログ更新しました。

https://rakssharqui.blogspot.com/2023/12/bilingual-post-visual-diary-10-manipuri.html

[bongboyblog]

Manipuri (Meitei) vocabulary 2

করি (kari) - what

মিং (ming) - name

অদোমগী মিং করি কৌবগে (adomgī ming kari kaubage) - What's your name?

ঙসি নোং চুরি (ngasi nong suri) - It is raining today.

সন্নাবুং (sannābung) - playground

য়ুমলোন্নাবা (yumlonnābā) - neighbourhood

নহাক্কী অনাকপদা সন্নাবুং লৈব্রা? (nahākkī anākpadā sannābubg leibrā)- Is there a playground in your neighborhood?

লৈকোলদা চৎলসি (leikolda satlasi)- Let's go to the garden.

মতম মতমগী (matam matamgī) - seasonal

নহাক্কী লমদমদা খুৱইদগী ফবা মতম মতমগী উহৈ-ৱহৈ করিনো। (nahakkī lamdamdā khuwaidagī phabā matam matamgī uhei wahei karino) - Which is the best seasonal fruit in your region?

লৈ অতেকপা (lei atekpā)- fresh flowers

মথংগী লম্বী দা লৈবা দুকান অমাদগী নহাক না লৈ ফঙগনি (mathanggī lambī da leibā dukān amādagī nahāk nā lei phanggani) - You can get fresh flowers from the shop in the next lane.

P.S. seriously, this app is teaching me how to ask for seasonal fruits but I still don't know how to reply to a how are you. 💀

[jukti-torko-golpo]

Indian Classical Dances Mandala

A mandala made on the seven main classical dances of India

Odissi ( traditional head piece )

Bharatnatyam ( sun-moon head piece )

Kuchipudi ( decorative braid ornament )

Kathakali ( face paint )

Kathak ( the skirt or lehenga )

Mohiniyattam ( the pleated fan in the front )

Manipuri ( head piece used by dancers playing the role of Krishna )

@gandharvika helped me a lot with information about the costumes of the different dance forms.

Click on the pictures for better resolution.

@callonpeevesie @dogsandcatsandmiscellaneousstuff @shaonharryandpannisim @gulaabee @allegoriesinmediasres @cynical-ravenclaw @paneerlajwanti @gandharvika @jugn00-ish @adoginthemanger @burningqueentimemachine @kingweaslee @seekerbrave @peace-punch-captainhunch @laad-governess @scintillatea @medhasree @a-confusedmess @chaitastrophicpeepalert @pingu-with-butterfly-clips @the-slythering-raven @travalerray @its-srishti-bitch @jawlphoring @lemonphrogg @cipher-dorito @salt-n-caramel @your-favourite-skittles @blxck-wxxd-chaos

If you want to be added to or removed from the taglist then please let me know

[lilwitchyvibes]

So it turns out my artistic abilities, esp when it comes to hands, leaves a lot to be desired but 🤷🏼‍♀️ I mean the positions are vaguely identifiable so it works