| This paper discusses on the potential of establishing Ontology for the rich cultural heritage and traditional knowledge of Manipur with special reference to Umanglai culture. Among the various complicated types of Umanglai cultural heritage, the authors choose Kanglei Haraoba of Meitei community Manipur as an example and apply the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model to the construction of the entities and properties of the knowledge ontology of the Kanglei Haraoba,. This study has tried to provide the solution to the construction of the knowledge ontology of the Umanglai cultural heritage and benefits the digital storage, preservation and management of the cultural heritage, which offers a new way of thinking and is of great significance to the preservation and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage of Manipur. |