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Hanuba hanubi wari (grandmother and grandfather stories)

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One day, as the old couple was planting taro in their garden, the monkeys came. One of them asked, "Grandpa! Grandma! What are you planting?" "Children, we are planting taro." the old man replied to which one of the monkeys said, "That is no way to plant taro! Here, let me tell you how." and started teaching them.  "Grandpa, Grandma! To plant taro, you have to select nice and round taro pieces, peel them thoroughly, put them in a cauldron, cover it up with seven banana leaves and boil them till they are cooked. After that, wrap the boiled taro piece by piece in banana leaves and tie them up firmly with strings so that they do not open up. And then, plant them deep in the ground individually and cover them up with soil. Tomorrow morning, you will see, they will be as tall as your shoulders."  Trusting the monkeys, the old couple did exactly as the monkeys instructed. They chose the biggest pieces of taro, peeled them off nicely, boiled them, wrapp
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manipuri Muslim history

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        Manipuri Muslim culture dress  T he Pangals, also called Pangans, Pangahal or Manipuri Muslims, are an ethnoreligious group found in the Indian states of Manipur, Assam, Tripura and Nagaland, as well as the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh. Pangals. Total population approx. 323,000 Regions with significant populations  India 300,000  Bangladesh 23,000 Languages Meiteilon, English Religion Sunni Islam Related ethnic groups Meitei Muslims of Manipur, known as Pangal, have existed (formerly Poirei or Meitrabak or Mekhli/Mughlai or Kathe) since the seventh century. "Pangal" simply means "Manipuri Muslims", as they follow Islam. Various historical sources have different dates for when Islam first entered Manipur. Some sources place the date at around 930 AD. However, the date all sources seem to confirm as definitive is 1606 AD. The origin of the Pangal community is equally varied. In the early-seventeenth century, Mubariz Khan was on an expe
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