Manipur:The Switzerland of East

 Dzuko Valley: Situated at the border of Manipur and Nagaland.The valley lies at 2438 m above sea level behind Japfu Peak of Nagaland

     Yaoshang (Holi) in Manipur: Celebrated for a period of 5 full days, it is one of the most popular festivals in this land where there is a festival almost every month. The Festival of colors has now make room to a series of sports during the festival.
Seen here, a tug of war between ladies in the Yaoshang sports.

A part of the oval shaped Imphal valley as seen from Mahadeva hillock enroute to Ukhrul

Kabok Lakpi in Yaoshang Festival sports.

 Yaoshang (Holi) Festival in Manipur: Pichkari celebrated as a part of Yaoshang Festival at the Shree Shree Govindaji Temple, Imphal.

Loktak Lake:Largest fresh water Lake in NorthEast

 

Siroy Lilly blooming in the Siroy Hill

A full moon night as seen from a hilltop of Uyok Ching, Kakching, Thoubal District.

Manipuri Dance : A unique dance of its kind 

The cloud covers the hills and  Valleys at the Manipur and Mizoram border: Heaven on Earth??

Migratory Birds at Loktak Lake

A Brajamei devotee at Shree Shree Govindaji Temple, Imphal during 'Pechkari' in Yaoshang (Holi) Festival.... 

Amii Grove WAGS of Jermaine Pennant,

Emma Watson rare Photos

She was once seen in the Movie "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" as a kid.But over these years she have matured into a big star.

 Partying and having fun-Emma Watson

Nokia launches 41-MP camera smartphone

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Nokia announced the 808 Pureview, a flagship Symbian device with a 41-megapixel camera. In addition to superior still imaging technology, the Nokia 808 PureView, also includes full HD 1080p video recording and playback with 4X loss less zoom and the world's first use of Nokia Rich Recording.

Zahia, Spring/Summer 2012 Couture Lingerie collection show

Zahia, Spring/Summer 2012 Couture Lingerie collection show

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Gadaffi : Reason Why Is he needed to be killed??

1. Gaddafi wouldn't bow down to the Rothschild central reserve banking cartel.


2. Gadaffi Proposed $400 million African Satellite - gadaffi alone came up with $300 million for this project.
For those who ask, whats the big deal in it, it's really a huge set back for European western countries, because they get paid by Africa every year $500 million in rent for the services European satellite provides to Africa. 
Africa being self sufficient is definitely a set back for western economy. 


3. AMF: African Monetary Fund - No more borrowing from Rothschild Central Bank for African countries, AMF was planned to produce its own currency for Africa, backed by Gold standard.
Interest free.


4. Libya's $300 Billion Gold reserves.


5. Libya sits on Africa's largest oil and natural gas reserves.


6. Gadaffi planned to free the entire African continent from the clutches of Western imperialism.


7. Libya's Blue gold - Libya's priceless water basins.


* In Libya there are four major underground basins, these being the Kufra basin, the Sirt basin, the Morzuk basin and the Hamada basin, the first three of which contain combined reserves of 35,000 cubic kilometres of water. These vast reserves offer almost unlimited amounts of water for the Libyan people. *In the 1960s during oil exploration deep in the southern Libyan desert, vast reservoirs of high quality water were discovered in the form of aquifers. * thus Gadaffi, started the construction for the Phase I of the $25 Billion "Great Man made River Project" in 1984. 
The Great Man-Made River (GMR) is a network of pipes that supplies water from the Sahara Desert in Libya, from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System fossil aquifer. It is the world's largest irrigation project
As of now, almost all three phases has been finished by the Libyan administration .


It carries more than five million cubic metres of water per day across the desert to coastal areas, vastly increasing the amount of arable land. The cost of one cubic meter of water equals 35 cents. The cubic meter of desalinized water is $3.75. Scientists estimate the amount of water to be equivalent to the flow of 200 years of water in the Nile River.


Here is the $70 trillion Blue Gold in Libya, that caught the most attention and Love of Bankers.

Ningol Chakouba

     In Manipuri, 'Ningol' means daughter and 'Chakouba' means invitation for a lunch in the mother's house. 'Ningol Chakouba' is a special day for the married daughters in Manipur.This is a very special day for all the people of Manipur. This day is special because this festival shows the love between the brothers and their sister.The festival of Ningol chakouba is an extremely loved and widely celebrated festival among the Meities community. The married women, who are married to distant places return to parent’s house along with their children.


   Ningol Chakouba is a social festival of merriment celebrated in the state of Manipur. It is mainly celebrated by the Meiteis or the Vaishnavites. The significance of the festival can be well understood by its name itself. The meaning of “Ningol” is married women and “Chakouba” is going to parent’s house. Thus, the festival involves the married women going to their parent’s house.


  On this special day, a grand feast of 'iinjang mathen-mathen' (various cuisines) is prepared in the honor of the daughter at her 'mapam' (mother's house). The invitation is formally done generally a week ahead by the brothers to pay a visit for the lunch. 

On 'Ningol Chakouba' married daughters visit their 'mapam' (mother's house) wearing their finest and bring fruits and sweets for the family. 'Kabok Khoidum', 'Rasogullas',' Samosa', 'Kachoari', 'Sev Bhujia' are some of the special snacks that ningols gets it for the family. 

And along with the other fruits, coconut is a must. Daughters have lunch along with all the family members. The lunch session is usually long as it is always accompanied with chitchat. Daughters are presented gifts by the parents and brothers. 

While receiving the gifts from the brothers, younger ones are blessed by elder ones for well being and prosperity in life. And at the end of the day everyone bid goodbye to the happy ningol who is made special on this occasion. 

For family having many married ningols, a grand feast prepared by a 'bamon' (the cook) is arranged and everyone have the lunch together and it's again almost like a 'mapam chakouba' (marriage reception). 

'Sareng', one of the expensive fish is the favourite of the day for many ningols. 'Rohu' again another type of fresh water fish is also enjoyed by many as fried item or curry. 'Catla' and 'Grass Carp' too is prepared in curry form. 

At their parent’s place, the women are pampered with food, gifts and total comfort. Mothers are seen preparing lavish and extensive meals for their daughters. Parents warmly welcome their daughters and grand children.

The reason behind the fondness of the festival is the effect it has on strengthening the family ties. It is basically a source of family reunion and get- togethers. The festival proudly portraits the affection parents have for their daughters and vice-versa. The women in Manipur fondly wait for this festival giving them a reason to reunite with their parents living far away. Earlier mainly observed by the Meities community in the present times this festival is observed by the Pangals or the Manipuri Muslims to some extent.