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Sankirtana performance is a collection of art forms performed to mark important religious occasions and stages in Vaishnava's life.
Sankirtana is usually performed at a temple, where two drummers and about ten singer-dancers perform in a hall or domestic courtyard.
Most Sankirtana practices are found in the temple where they tell a tale through song and dance about the lives and deeds of their Lord. They present this in the round, in the Mandapa, in front of the devotees. Nata Pala is the main repertoire, and it is performed in temples all over the Manipur valley.
The performances are centered around Krishna's theology and lore, but they incorporate elements of Manipur's pre-Vaishnavite tradition in their performance. Sankirtana is often espoused outside temples, as in the Holi Pala celebrating the festival of colors or the Shayan performed in the winters. Less often in evidence today are the Manohar Sai Pala and Ariba Pala.
The Vaishnava community in Manipur is mainly practicing the religion, as are the Vaishnavas in Tripura and Assam. As Sangeet Natak Akademi describes, Sankirtana encompasses an array of arts performed in the home and the street to mark religious events and stages in the lives of the Vaishnava people inhabiting the Manipur plains.
In a typical Sankirtana performance, seated devotees sit around two drummers and perform narrating Krishna's life and deeds through song and dance. The dignity and energy of the religious festival in Manipur are unparalleled; many audience members are moved to tears and often prostrate themselves before the performers.
The purpose of the festival is both to bring the Vaishnava community together during festive occasions throughout the year, and also to establish and reinforce relationships between individuals and the community through life-cycle ceremonies. The Sankirtana is regarded as the visible manifestation of God.
The celebration of Khubak Eshei is celebrated every year in the temple during the rainy season and marks the festival of the chariot of the Lord. Throughout the home, Sankirtana is used as a prayer for all lifecycle ceremonies, such as ear piercing in childhood (both genders), donning of the sacred thread in adolescence, marriage, and rites of passage at death. As the visible manifestation of God, it pervades the lives of the Manipuri Vaishnav.
However, Sankirtana of Manipur is a practice promoting an organic relationship with the people. The entire society is involved in safeguarding it, with the knowledge and skills handed down from mentor to disciple. Sankirtana respects the natural world by including rituals that acknowledge its presence.
References
(https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/sankirtana-ritual-singing-drumming-and-dancing-of-manipur-00843) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manipuri_Sankirtana)