Eepan Thaba - The first ceremony after birth for Meetei Community observed on 6th day after child birth :: 24th October 2018

Eepan Thaba - The first ceremony after birth for Meetei Community observed on the 6th day after the child birth - Pictures taken on October 24th 2018

Ee-Pan-thaba : three syllables that meaning Ee - Blood - Pan outside - Thaba - planted, literally meaning blood is planted outside . The connotation is the child symbolically takes the food from the earth that in turn create the blood.

Picture Credit :: Shankar Khangembam

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