Yaoshang festival

Celebrating Yaoshang (Holi) Amidst Adversity :  A 3000-year-old culture at Risk

© Hindu Voice Team                 Yaoshang (or Holi) is one of the major festivals of Manipur, celebrated by the Meiteis and Bishnupriya Manipuris. The spring festival begins on Phalgun Purnima or the first-full moon day of the lamda month. A ceremonial thatched hut is erected in all the localities on the morning of Phalgun Purnima. …