2022 in Meitei culture, including but not limited to Meitei architecture, Meitei cinema, Meitei cuisine, Meitei dances, Meitei festivals, Meitei language, Meitei literature, Meitei music, Meitei religion, Meitei script, etc.
Events
edit- 27 January: The 44th annual remembering program of "Puya Mei Thaba" was observed as the historic event completed 293 years.[2]
- 28 January - A unanimous resolution was passed by the "Meetei Erol Eyek Loinasillol Apunba Lup" (MEELAL), "All Manipur Working Journalists’ Union" (AMWJU) and "Editors' Guild Manipur" (EGM) in Imphal that all the newspapers in Meitei language (officially called Manipuri language) will be using the Meitei script (Meitei: Meetei Mayek) instead of the Bengali script from 15 January 2023 .[3][4][5][6]
- 21 February: The Meetei Erol Eyek Loinasillon Apunba Lup (MEELAL) and the Democratic Students' Alliance of Manipur (DESAM) together organised the "International Mother Language Day", with special focus on the development of Meitei language and Meitei script.[7]
- 10 April: In Dimapur, Nagaland, the Dimapur Meetei Council launched a new ‘Meetei waistcoat’ to prevent wrong identification of the community in Nagaland.[8]
- 11 May - Google Translate added Meitei language (under the name "Meiteilon (Manipuri)") during its addition of 24 new languages to the machine translation tool. The writing system used for Meitei language in this tool is Meitei script.[9][10][11]
- 15 June - The Statue of Meidingu Nara Singh was unveiled in the Kangla Sanathong (Western Kangla Gate) by Nongthombam Biren Singh, the then Chief Minister of Manipur.[12][13][14][15][16]
- 31 July: The Meetei Erol Eyek Loinasillol Apunba Lup (MEELAL) organised a national convention on Meetei Mayek script, adopting three resolutions.[17]
- 5 August - The Manipur State Legislative Assembly passed a resolution to record the Sanamahi religion (Sanamahism) in the Indian census data with a separate unique code as an officially recognised minority religion of India.[18]
- 18 August: All Meitei language newspapers published in Bengali script were requested to publish a page of Meetei Mayek script for morning papers and half page for evening papers from 20 August.[19]
- 20 August - The 31st anniversary to the Meitei Language Day was celebrated.[20][21][22]
- 27, 28, 29 September: In Assam, people demanded to include Meitei language as an official language of the state.[23]
- 26 October: A ceremony of a 15 day workshop on Rite-de-Passage of Sanamahism religion was inaugurated in the temple of Lainingthou Sanamahi of Haying Khongbal, Imphal.[24]
- 10 November: A ceremony of a month-long Meetei Mayek script training programme organised by the MEELAL and Manipur People's Party (MPP) was concluded.[25]
- 11 November: A 15-day workshop on 'Rite-De-Passage of Sanamahism' organised at the temple of Lainingthou Sanamahi by the Lainingthou Sanamahi Temple Board (LSTB) and Manipur University of Culture, was concluded.[26]
- 16 December: 6 student organisations - AMSU, MSF, DESAM, KSA, SUK and AIMS - requested to the authorities concerned to include the Meetei Mayek script in the UPSC Mains examination, along with the formation of a transliteration committee and a language commission.[27]
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "MNF, ICOP recall 'Puya Mei Thaba' incident".
- ^ "Meetei Mayek in newspapers". www.thesangaiexpress.com. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Meetei Mayek in newspapers : 29th jan22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines". e-pao.net. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ Time, Pratidin (30 January 2022). "Meetei Mayek to Replace Bengali Script in Manipuri Newspapers from 2023". Pratidin Time. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "State dailies to cease Bengali script Manipuri papers from Jan, 2023 : 29th jan22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines". e-pao.net. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "International Mother Language Day Need for preserving Meetei Mayek stressed".
- ^ "Dimapur Meetei Council launches new 'Meetei waistcoat'".
- ^ "Assamese, Meiteilon (Manipuri) and Mizo language has been added to Google translate, moment of pride for Northeastern India! - NE India Broadcast". 12 May 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Google Translate adds support for Assamese, Mizo and Manipuri languages - Eastern Mirror". easternmirrornagaland.com. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Google Translate gets support for 24 new languages including Assamese, Mizo and Manipuri". TIME8. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Maharaja Narasingh's bronze statue unveiled : 29th aug14 ~ E-Pao! Headlines". e-pao.net. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Manipur CM unveils statue of King Narasingh". uniindia.com.
- ^ "Meidingu Narasingh statue unvieled | Pothashang News". Pothashang. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Inaugurated a statue of the then king of Manipur, Nara Singh at Kangla". Citizen Radio Manipur. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "CM inaugurates Andro infrastructure, unveils Narasingh's statue : 16th jun22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines". e-pao.net. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "MEELAL holds convention on 'Meetei Mayek' : 01st aug22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines".
- ^ "Separate code mooted for Sanamahi religion : 06th aug22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines". e-pao.net. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Meetei Mayek page in local dailies from tomorrow: MEELAL".
- ^ "Biren compares Meitei to endangered Sangai | Pothashang News". Pothashang. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Manipuri Language Day 2022: CM Biren proposes course on tribal dialects". Imphal Free Press. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Manipur observes 31st Manipuri Language Day - Eastern Mirror". easternmirrornagaland.com. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Include Manipuri in Assam associate official language: MYFA".
- ^ "Work out meeting point over Meetei/Meitei term : RS MP Rite-de Passage of Sanamahism kicks off".
- ^ "MEELAL expresses discontent over alleged exclusion of Meetei Mayek in State related programmes".
- ^ "'Rite-De- Passage of Sanamahism' workshop concludesL Rameshwor Meetei calls for concerted efforts for upliftment of Sanamahi faith".
- ^ "Manipur students demand inclusion of Meetei Mayek in UPSC Mains Exam".