A Yek Salai () or a Yek () or a Salai () refers to one member group within a union of seven groups, predominantly in the traditions of the indigenous communities with origins in

Kangleipak Kangleipak was an ancient, lesser known civilisation, consisting of the modern day Manipur, India which is still known to some residents as Kangleipak, and other neighbouring regions. The Kangla served as the foremost capital city of this real ...

(present day

Manipur Manipur () is a state in northeastern India with Imphal as its capital. It borders the Indian states of Assam to the west, Mizoram to the south, and Nagaland to the north and shares the international border with Myanmar, specifically t ...

). The most notable example of such a union of ''7 yek salai groups'' is that of the

Meitei confederacy Meitei confederacy, also known as Meitei confederation, refers to a union of seven groups or clans () of the Meitei ethnicity. The seven components of the Meitei confederacy are Ningthouja (also known as Mangang), Luwang, Khuman, Angom, Moirang ...

('). Each yek salai group contains numerous families ('). It also exists in other ethnicities, including but not limited to Aimol people, Anal people,

Chiru people The Naga people, Chiru people are a Naga people, Naga ethnic group, inextricably belonging to a unique ancestral kindred of the REM NAGA family or kinship of five tribes (Aimol, Kharam, Purum, Chiru, Koren) in the context of the Kangleipak K ...

Chothe people The Chothe people is one of the Naga ethnic group found in the state of Manipur, India. Some historians and anthropologists have erroneously recorded the Chothe as the Purum of India. They are listed as a Scheduled Tribe, in accordance with ...

, Inpui people,

Kabui people The Rongmeis (also known as Kabui) are one of the Naga ethnic communities of North-East India. They are recognised as a scheduled tribe (STs) in the Constitution of India. They share similarity with their kindred tribes of Zeme, Liangmai ...

Kharam people The Kharam people, also known as the Kharam Nagas, inhabit the Northeast Indian state of Manipur. They are recognised as a Scheduled Tribe (STs) by India. They use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue. Hi ...

, Koireng people, Kom people, Lamkang people, Liangmei people,

Mao people The Mao languages are a branch of the Omotic languages spoken in Ethiopia and parts of Sudan. The group had the following categories: * Bambasi, spoken in the Bambasi woreda of Benishangul-Gumuz Region, * Hozo and Seze (often described together ...

, Maram people, Maring people, Moyon people, Monshang people, Paomai people,

Purum people The Purums are a Tibeto-Burman indigenous ethnic group of Manipur. They are (or were) notable because their marriage system is the subject of ongoing statistical and ethnographical analysis; Buchler states that "they are perhaps the most over- ...

Rongmei people The Rongmeis (also known as Kabui) are one of the Naga ethnic communities of North-East India. They are recognised as a scheduled tribe (STs) in the Constitution of India. They share similarity with their kindred tribes of Zeme, Liangmai ...

, Tarao people,

Thangal people The Thangal people are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group inhabiting Senapati district in the Northeast Indian state of Manipur. They speak the Thangal language, which resembles Maram, and Rongmei. They use Meitei language as their second languag ...

Tangkhul people The Tangkhuls, also known as the Tangkhul Nagas, are a Tibeto-Burmese ethnic group living in the Indo–Myanmar border area, occupying the Ukhrul district and Kamjong district in the Northeast Indian state of Manipur, and in parts of neighbouri ...

and Zemei people.

List of septets

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In other ethnic groups

* Mangang Luwang Khuman * Apokpa *

Apokpa Marup The Apokpa Marup is a religious institution dedicated to the practice and propagation of Apokpa Laining, a traditional Meitei people, Meitei religious concept. Founded on April 13, 1930, by Laininghan Naoriya Phulo, Apokpa Marup has played a signi ...

Sanamahism Sanamahism , also known as Meiteism , or Lainingthouism is an ethnic religion of the Meitei people of Manipur, in Northeast India. It is a polytheistic religion and is named after Lainingthou Sanamahi, one of the most important deities of ...

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