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Other Festivals
The Khamtis celebrate 'Sangken' a Buddhist festival annually once in a
month of April and similarly 'Nunhak' is also celebrated on the full moon
day in the month of May. The other ceremonies such as Khau-A, Catang-Cale
and Nyin-Cam-Meijung are celebrated in the Buddhist way by offering flowers,
vegetables and rice at the village monasteries- in the last part of July
for Khau-A, in the middle September for Catang-Cale and before the start
of winter for Nyin-Cam-Meijung.
The Mijis believe in many gods. Jang-Langnui is the most
powerful of all of them. A festival is observed in honour of the spirit
in the month of October. Each village has a
deori who officiates in the ritual. A new shed is put up for
Jang-Langnui every year in a selected spot. On the first day a cow is
sacrificed in the morning and a pig at night. Any villager can perform
the sacrifice of a cow but the pig is killed by the deori himself. The
villagers celebrate the occasion by feasting, dancing, singing etc for
sever days.
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