Eepan Thaba - The first ceremony after birth for Meetei Community observed on the 6th day after the child birth ( This series of pictures was taken at a ceremony 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.
Ceremony Details : In the morning when the sun rays reflect on the floor of the of house, say of about 9 a.m. a place will be cleaned near the main door of the house and over a basketful of paddy, a garland of ngakha & phabou (dryfishs), meitei-thum (original Manipuri salt-cake), sing (ginger) are put to offer to Koirouhanba, the Sun God.
Read from a Book by N Mangi Devi on Eepan Thaba here
Picture Credit :: Shankar Khangembam