Some Tribal Festival Of Arunachal Pradesh

Some Tribal Festival of Arunachal Pradesh :

1. Dree :
Dree is the main agricultural festival of the Apatanis, celebrates on 5th July of every year for three days after completion of plantation of paddy to propitiate spirits and deities seeking for bumper cropping, welfare and propitiate of the people and animals. The rituals are performed by both the sexes. Food and drinks are lavishly served. On the occasion, community feast is offered to the guest and visitors.

2.Losar :
The Losar is the New Year Festival of the Buddhist Community of Mahayana sect viz Monpa, Sherdukpen, Memba, Khamba and Nah Celebrated on 11th February. During this festival worship are performed by the Lamas to have good life and obtain blessings for the entire community for peace and prosperity. The Festival is celebrated in the Buddhist temples viz. Gompa. The Lamas recite the appropriate religious test on the occasion. Different pantomine dances are performed by the male folks.

3. Chalo Loku :
Loku is the main agricultural festival of the Noctes. Renglo Loku celebrated at the advent of the agricultural season while Chalo Loku is celebrated after harvest on 25th November every year. The pigs and buffaloes are offered to the Almighty with the helps of priest. It is celebrated for all round prosperity of the community. The famous Chalo dance and Loku dance are performed during the festival day.

4. Mopin :
Mopin is an agricultural festival of the Galos, celebrated on 5th April every year. Mopin is synonymous with wealth and Prosperity. It is observed with enthusiasm and gaiety. Rituals are performed with the help of priest to propitiate the deity of wealth seeking for a rich harvest, good health and universal happiness. A community feast, rubbing of rice power on each others face and Ponung Dance are some of the salient features of the festival.

5. Nyokum :
Nokum Yullo Festival of the Nyishi is celebrated on 26th February of every year but it is started from so many days if we includes their sports and cultural activities too and 26th is the actually end of the festival. It is celebrated to propitiate the God and spirits for bumper harvest, welfare and prosperity. It is an agricultural festival observes just before the beginning of Jhum cultivation. The priest performs appropriate rituals by offering animals and fowls in front of the altar especially erected in the Festival ground. Folk songs and dances are performed. A community feast is also organized at the end of the festival.

6. Reh :
Reh is celebrated by the Idu Mishmis on 1st february. While celebrating the festival , animals and fowls are offered in the name of different Gods and deities for welfare and prosperity of the organizer and community. The priest plays a magnificent role in ritualistic part of the festival and their dance is performed.

7. Si-Donyi :
si-Donyi festival of the Tagins is celebrated on 6th january for welfare and prosperity of the people. Rituals ared performed to appease Si-Donyi Gods. Irrespective of the age, sex, and sects every one participate in the celebration. A community feast is also organized at the end of the festival. Folk dance are performed.

8. Solung :
Solung is the colourful festival of the Adis, which lasted for seven days. The villagers prepares enough rice beer and store plenty of meat and vegetables for the joyous occasion. It is agricultural festival celebrated on 1st September for bumper cropping and prosperity of the people. Rituals are performed to propitiate Solung deity. Ponung and other folk dances performed and sacrifices of animal and fowls during the festival.

9. Oriah :
It is an agricultural festival of the Wanchos, celebrated on 16th February of every year on community basis for four to six days to propitiate the benevolent God and perform traditional dances. A number of animals and fowls are offered in the name of concerned Gods with the help of priest. The traditional songs and dances are performed. On the concluding day men folk get together in the dormitory for community feast and drinks.

10. Moh :
The Tangsas celebrate the festival annually in the month of April. It is basically an agricultural festival to appease deity, mainly Rangfra for bumper crops and prosperity life.

11. Tamladu :
It is a festival celebrated by the Tribes of Idu-Mishmi of dbang and Lower Dibang Valley District. During this festival, prayers are offered to the God of Earth and God of water for protaction against natural calamities. it is celebrated in the month of february 15th of every year.

12. Pongtu :
Pongtu festival of the Tutsa tribe of the Changlang District is a festival of agricultural celebrated on 11 april of every year. Pongtu kuh is one of the oldest agricultural festival observed by the Tutsa Tribes on the eve of rainy season.

13. Nyetshidow :
It is a community festival of Akas, which celebrate annually in the month of November. The Festival associate with their agricultural. the priest performs number of religious rituals for three to four days, appeasing to different gods and goddess for blessing of prosperous life to the man kind.

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