Maps of India
Road Map of Manipur
The so- called Manipur valley is really a plateau about 700 meteres
high, watered by rivers threading out of the dark, mist-topped,
ranges. Bright green fields stretch all the way to the distant mountains.
And the character of the terrain changes from parts resembling the
delicate valley of Kangra, north of the plains of Punjab, to that
of the flat-sub-mountain lands of Kerala deep in the warm south
of India.
Like the Nair women of Kerala the women of Manipur are
trained in the fierce local Martial art known as Thang-ta. Both
the men and women are dressed in black and they wield their swords
like slicing, flashing, propellers; and when their swords clash,
sparks fly. They look like lithe, vicious, felines. And all the
while, drums grumble and murmur ominously. |
|
