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title: "What is Manipuri?"  
description: "What is Manipuri?"  
author: "Saddiya  Anwar"  
published: 2020-02-16  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/92725/what-is-manipuri  
category: "indian culture"  
tags: ["indian culture"]  
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# What is Manipuri?

What is Manipuri?

## Answers

### Answer by Saddiya  Anwar

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Among the six classical dance styles of India, Manipuri is popular all around the world. It is indigenous to the state of Manipur. The roots of the is the ancient Sanskrit text Natya Shastra. Radha and Krishna's love story are commonly acted out in the dance drama performance.

This [dance](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/92723/what-is-kathak) form is a team performance, with its own unique costumes, aesthetics, conventions and repertoire. It is, for most part, marked by a performance that is graceful, fluid, sinuous with greater emphasis on hand and upper body gestures. This dance form is accompanied with devotional music created with many instruments, with the beat set by cymbals (kartal or manjira) and double-headed drum (pung or Manipuri mrdanga) of sankirtan.

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