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{{Short description|Indian singer}}
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| birth_place = [[Manipur]], India
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| othername = Abhiram Shaba
| occupation = Singer<br>Performer
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| known for = Nata Sankirtana
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
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'''Kongbrailatpam Ibomcha Sharma''', popularly known as '''Abhiram Shaba''', is an Indian singer and performer from [[Manipur]], who is known for Sankirtan singing ([[Manipuri Sankirtana|Nata Sankirtana]]) of ''Raseshwari Pala'', a part of the traditional [[Manipuri dance]].<ref name="Cultural History of Manipur: Sija Laioibi and the Maharas">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wLzDLsEYZGQC&q=Kongbrailatpam+Ibomcha+Sharma&pg=PA132 | title=Cultural History of Manipur: Sija Laioibi and the Maharas | publisher=Mittal Publications | author=Jamini Devi | year=2010 | pages=132 of 140 | isbn=9788183243421}}</ref> His role as Abhiram Shaba in the Manipuri show, ''Goura Lilas'' is reported to have earned him the nickname.<ref name="Forever young in their nineties">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030623/asp/northeast/story_2080628.asp | title=Forever young in their nineties | publisher=The Telegraph | date=23 June 2003 | access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref> He is a former [[Guru]] at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy]]<ref name="JNMDA Achievers">{{cite web | url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/jnmda-pastpresent.htm | title=JNMDA Achievers | publisher=JNMDA | date=2015 | access-date=27 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401193623/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/jnmda-pastpresent.htm | archive-date=1 April 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and a recipient of the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1981.<ref name="SNA Awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm#OtherMajorTraditionsofMusic |title=SNA Awards |publisher=Sangeet Natak Aademi |date=2015 |access-date=27 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331060603/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |archive-date=31 March 2016 }}</ref> He was awarded the fourth highest civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]] by the Government of India, in 1998.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[Manipuri dance]]
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== References ==
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[[Category:Singers from Manipur]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian singers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male singers]]

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