Kwaak Taanba or Kwaak Jatra or Loidam Kumsaba or Crow freeing festival is an indigenous festival of Manipur, in which the King of Manipur releases a crow from his custody.
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Kwaak Taanba or Kwaak Jatra or Loidam Kumsaba or Crow freeing festival is an indigenous festival of Manipur, in which the King of Manipur releases a crow from his custody.
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Earlier formEarlier, the festival was known as Loidam Kumsaba and instead of a crow, a pheasant (locally called Nonggoubi) was used for the festival.
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Kwaak Taanba or Kwaak Jatra or Loidam Kumsaba or Crow freeing festival is an indigenous festival of Manipur, in which the King of Manipur releases a crow from his custody.
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Kwaak Taanba or Kwaak Jatra or Loidam Kumsaba or Crow freeing festival is an indigenous festival of Manipur, in which the King of Manipur releases a crow from his custody. The day falls on the 10th lunar day of Mera month of the Meitei calendar. The festival accompanies several rites and rituals, along with various divine dance and music performances held at the Sana Konung, the Royal Palace of Manipur at Imphal.
The setting free of the crow is performed at the Thangapat, the Royal Moat, in Imphal. The main purpose of the festival is to bring prosperity and good luck in the region. It has been performed since time immemorial. 1
Earlier form
Earlier, the festival was known as Loidam Kumsaba and instead of a crow, a pheasant (locally called Nonggoubi) was used for the festival. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Kwaak Taanba”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Kwaak Taanba is festival of Manipur, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. 2