Almost all branches of the Naga tribes celebrate this festival. It is celebrated all over in Nagaland and in some of the Naga inhabited parts of Manipur State too. The festival is celebrated after the end of the harvest season. It falls on the 15th of February every year. It also rejoices as the mark for the seed-sowing season. The festival brings the agricultural branches of Naga tribes closer to the nonagricultural based communities of Nagas.
The festival is marked with a huge amount of celebration and pomp and show. It is a festival to bring communities closer and spread the message of peace and harmony. There are several rituals that revolve around the blessing of the seeds before sowing them so that the harvest would be plenty and safe from diseases. Further, the community gets together to make different delicacies and perform traditional dances and show-off the colours of their particular tribe or clan.
