Ritual dance of Manipuri priestess Maibi Dance

Maibi Dance is performed during the celebration of festival LaiHaraoba which is an annual ritual festival of the Meitei Manipuris living in the valley of Manipur. The Maibis are the priestesses considered as spiritual mediums as per the local people. They dance and worship the forest gods, called the Umang Lai. This feeling can be traced through their dances the whole concept of cosmogony of the Meitei people and their way of life get described. At the beginning of dance, description about the process of