During the fist day of Yaoshang the streets of Imphal fill with runners (and walkers) of all ages. Each locality of the city begins there Yaoshang sports festival with a torch lighting ceremony. The fire is brought in a running procession through the streets from either the Kangla (the city’s Meitei historical heart) or the Shri Govindajee Temple. I accompanied the procession of Deepak’s locality from the Shri Govindajee Temple back to the ground and community center where their festival would take place.
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