Heikru Hidongba

Heikru Hidongba
Ladies participating in Heikru Hidongba
Observed byMeitei people
TypeMeitei
CelebrationsBoat racing
Dateas per Meitei calendar
FrequencyAnnual

"Heikru Hidongba" (Manipuri boat racing festival) is a socio-religious ceremony performed every year at the moat of the Sagolband Bijoy Govinda Leikai, Imphal on the 11th day of the Meitei calendar month Langban (coinciding with September) with elements of religious, custom and other traditional belief of creation.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Heikru-Hidongba Festival of Manipur, Heikru Hidongba Boat Festival".
  2. ^ "'Heikru-Hidongba symbolises revival of age-old tradition'".[permanent dead link]