What is Pumyat?
A '''pumyat''' or '''pumyaat''' (/poom-yaat/) is a [[Meitei culture|traditional Meitei]] dress, worn by menfolk on special occasions. It is popularly worn in ceremonial occasions as a common dress in [[Manipur]], [[North East India]]. It is mainly white in colour.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LVpuAAAAMAAJ&q=Pumyat+white+shirt+elderly+ceremonial+occasion+common+dress+Manipuris|title=Recent Researches in Oriental Indological Studies: Including Meiteilogy|last=Singh|first=Moirangthem Kirti|date=1998|publisher=Parimal Publications|language=en}}</ref> Typically, a pumyat is a shirt with long sleeves.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92EwAQAAIAAJ&q=pumyat+shirt+long+sleeve|title=A Handbook of West Bengal|last=Saha|first=Sanghamitra|date=1998|publisher=International School of Dravidian Linguistics|isbn=978-81-85692-24-1|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lpuAAAAMAAJ&q=pumyat+shirt+long+sleeve|title=Valley Society of Manipur: A Cultural Frontier of Indian Civilization|last=Saha|first=Ranajit Kumar|date=1994|publisher=Punthi-Pustak|isbn=978-81-85094-82-3|language=en}}</ref> In [[Meitei culture]], a ''pumyat'' should always pairs with a [[pheichom]] ([[pheijom]]). This is also a common to the wedding bridegrooms in [[Meitei wedding|Meitei matrimony]], with the addition of a [[kokyet]] (headdress). It is slightly similar to the [[kurta]]s, worn by the mainland Indian menfolk. ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Meitei clothing]] {{Stub}}