Ningol Chakouba Festival
Manipur is celebrating the Ningol Chakouba festival which is known for strengthening the bond of love between married ladies and their brothers.
About Ningol Chakouba Festival:
- It is celebrated every year in Manipur on the second day of Hiyangei month of the Meitei calendar.
- Ningol means ‘married woman’ and Chakouba means ‘invitation for feast’; so the festival is the one where the married women are invited to their parents’ home for a feast.
- The main component of the festival is the visit of married sisters to their maternal homes for grand feast and joyous reunion followed by giving away the gifts.
- It is customary for the son of the family to extend a formal invitation to his sister for Ningol Chakkouba a week before the gathering.