Yaoshang festival
- The five-day-long Yaoshang festival, Manipur’s version of Holi, has begun on March 7, 2023.
- The festival is celebrated every year on the full moon of Lamta (February-March) of the Meitei lunar calendar.
- The thabal chongba is a traditional dance of the Meitei, where boys and girls gathered in an open ground and dance in a circle.