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Meetei folklore

Meitei folklore is the folklore and mythology of the Meitei people of Manipur, India. Such folklore is traditionally passed from generation to generation.

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Meitei folklore is the folklore and mythology of the Meitei people of Manipur, India. Such folklore is traditionally passed from generation to generation. Currently, the government of Manipur is planning to preserve the folklore of the Meitei people through primary education in government institutions. 1

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Meitei folklore”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1

Meetei folklore is folklore of the Meitei people, 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

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