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Hao: The forgotten history

If one can revisit the old sacred scriptures of Meetei (maximum of the scriptures have been burnt to ashes in 1729 by king Garibniwaz on advice of Hindu monk SantiDas Gossai ) it clearly mentioned that the almighty God have created  a human Race of seven Clan and their name was  sometimes called Lai and sometimes as  Hao .They first settle at KOUBRU a hill in North western side of Imphal.

The race Lai or Hao began to settle in hill ranges of Koubru with male and female (pa +pi ) and as couple of family and procreate offshoots. In those days the valley area was covered with water. During the course of time when the water in valley dried up some groups began to settle in the valley and Kangla was the first place where the Lai /Hao people began to settle.

In those days there was no race such as Meetei ,Tangkhul and Kabui etc by name, the names were evolved later on.

Some part of the oral folklore doing round still, handed over generation to generation , praise that Tangkhul salam Pakhangba the progenitor of Meetei mangang clan and Pureiromba, proginator of Angom clan  came down to the valley from Kangkhui cave (Ukhrul district).

Again same folklore praise that Kabui tribes too originated from KOUBRU and Kabui nomenclatures is related to KOUBRU.

Meetei race still  follow the tradition of wearing Tangkhul_Customary dress during coronation of Meetei king Mangang clan. The MEETEIS still follow the tradition of The angom King (a clan of generic name Meetei ) seated  in the throne of Meetei before Mangang King (or meetei king ) ascended the throne during coronation.

It is believed that the tradition is acknowledgement of Tangkhul salam Pakhangba legacy as the proginator of mangang clan and Pureiromba as proginator of Angom clan which the latter is as good as elder brother of Tangkhul salam Pakhangba.

The erection of Makhel_inscription stone and Mera_Hau_chongba festival speak the blood bonding between Hill and plain indigenous peoples which cannot be seperated.

Although the tradition still practice to this days ,the part of historical facts that Mangang and Angom clan proginator  Tangkhul salam Pakhangba and Pureiromba came from Kangkhui cave of Ukhrul district and they belong to Tangkhul tribe have been buried prudently by the fabricated History after Hindunisation.

The mandatory uses of Tangkhul customary cloths like lairoom during wedding ceremony of Meetei couple and mandatory part of Tangkhul_nurabi part of the play during ritual ceremony of Meetei dities LaiHaraoba a festival depicting the creation of universe and human form of Meetei race indicates the blood bond relationship between Meetei Tangkhul and Kabui.

Unfortunately,after Hindunisation of Meetei race under the patronage of Hindu king, starting from 1711AD under the strict thumb order of king Garibniwaz (Pamheiba) and his successors  in collusion with Hindu monks like Vishnu Goswami, SantiDas Gossai and Bhaskar guru the History of then Kangleipak ( now Manipur) was re-wrote changing the kingdom's name to Manipur and connecting with Mahabharata and claiming the Meetei race to be the descendents of Indo-Aryan race. When the meetei race was catagorised as Kshetriyas the blood bonding brothers like Tangkhul and other seven Clan hill Tribes were catagorised as Sudra.

Thus the fabricated History during 18th century, have driven a wedge in between the hills breathen tribes and Meetei race. This fissures in sociocultural fabric of the indigenous people of then Kangleipak still stands today which catalyst as Hao macha and Meetei macha, a great divide socially and culturally.