The Maibis are the priestesses considered as spiritual mediums by the local people. This feeling can be traced through their dances & the whole concept of cosmogony of the Meitei people. The beginning of the dance, describes the entire process of the creation of the construction of houses, temples and the various occupations of the people adopted to sustain them with time. In short, it is a kind of re-living of the way of life lived the past.

The Maibi people of Manipur perform such items on ceremonies for the God or on festivals at the bank of a river. They summon the spirits of the Gods in an earthen pot and later tie nine and seven threads for God and Goddesses, after which the dance begins. At a time of the dance, the Maibis hold the leaves of sacred plant called Langthrei between their fingers.