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Life
in Nagaland is replete with festivities throughtout the year as
all the tribes have their own festivals which they greatly cherish.
They regard their festivals sacrosanct and participation in them
is compulsory. They celebrate their distinct seasonal festivals
with pageantry, colour, music and fanfare.
Most of these festivals revolve round agriculture, which is still
the mainstay of Naga society. Over 85% population of Nagaland is
directly dependent on agriculture. Nagas inhabits the wild, wide
open pastoral countryside. In this blissful setting Nagas savour
nature's bounties with a rare gusto, filling the onlookers with
awe and admiration.
Although some religious and spiritual sentiments are inter-woven
into seculare rites and rituals, the predominant theme of the festivals
is offering of prayers to a Supreme Being hailed by different names
in diverse Naga dialects. At these festivals, the spirits and gods
are propitiated with sacrifices by the village Shaman (priest) for
a bountiful harvest either before the sowing or before reaping the
harvest.
Life
in Nagaland is replete with festivities throughtout the year as
all the tribes have their own festivals which they greatly cherish.
They regard their festivals sacrosanct and participation in them
is compulsory. They celebrate their distinct seasonal festivals
with pageantry, colour, music and fanfare.
