When did I made the claim that I should be associated with anybody?
Our kind carries a very distinct and strong notion about our identity and origin and never part with that.
We are made by cross of 7 clans ,with pretty uniform genetic distribution because ,those 7 clans were banned from intermarriage in one's own clan. Hence we can instinctly tell who's Meitei and who's not based on looks & behavior.
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We have our own mythology and belief,Ebuthou Pakhangba is our god who came to earth his two companion kangla sha that used to guard our holy Kangla fort.
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The Meitei kingdom in Kangla founded by dragon demi god Nongda Lairen Pakhangba and her wife dragon queen Leima Leisna.
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We also have our own indigenous mythology characters to follow instead of foreign ones,
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And we have still our distinct culture and faith,even our temple is nothing like anything else.
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Nobody in Meitei carries any confusion about our distinct origin and identity.Our's is a kingdom shaped by war for survival and existence of our kin.
Still now our folk's names is based on local mythology and war and warlike traditions not seen anywhere else.
Common traditional names for Women: Lanlei (warflower) ,Lanchenbi( warbringer/war carrier) ,Lanleima ( war missus),lanthoibi(war excellence).lanleima(war goddess)
Men's name: Ching Tam Khomba (hill plain conqueror), Lanchenba(harbringer of war),lansana(war gold),lanthoi (war excellence), ChinglaiNgamba( dragon killer),Nonglenkhomba (Clouds,frost conqueror/son of water god) etc
Now ,going by science , genetic and linguistically distinction labels my kind in tibeto burman/sino Tibetan subgroup not Austro Asiatic linguistic or genetic subgroup that's just fact, not my claim.
But we have as much compassion toward East asian as much as south east asians,because there are groups from Austroasiatic linguistic groups as well as tibeto burman in this region living with great affinity among eachother and they all share common fear of massive migration from outside.
tbh, my folk don't want to associate with anyone else, associating them with someone else by ignoring the culture and history will be offensive to them.Forget people from other nation,our people label all South Asians as "mayang" & all indigenous tribe communities like Naga,mizo,kachin etc ,as "HAO", there's nothing in between.They don't really relate to anyone else .
0ur kind are in retrospect,very different sets of people than yours which are champion of Middle Eastern belief with no regard for its indigenous roots,unfortunately.
BTW my id pic is myself,I wouldn't risk exposing my current face on the internet.But you can guess me from that if you want.