Yaoshang is celebrated for five days commencing from the full moon day of Phalguna (February-March). This is the premier festival of Manipur. The Thabal Chongb (a kind of Manipuri folk dance, where boys and girls hold hands, sing and dance in a circle) is particularly associated with this festival. Boys, girls and old women collect donations from house to house, the money to be spent in a number of parties and feasts. Indeed, Yaoshang is to Manipur is what Durga Puja is to Bengal.
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