Si-Donyi Festival
sidonyi major festival celebrated among tagin tribe residing upper subansiri district arunachal pradesh northeastern india celebrated majorly district headquarter daporijo adjoining town dumporijo taliha siyum area also state capital itanagar place also celebrated tagin community present festival first conceptualised year late tatar uli main pioneer inception sidonyi uyu member bore responsibility late tadak dulom popak bage festival celebrated year guidance since festival sidonyi uyu celebrated tagin tribe first priest led ritual dubi nogam name sidonyi suggested shri bingsa kodak recent development sidonyi festival word hilo added existed name festival ie sidonyi hilo leading wide controversy among tagin tribe arunachal pradesh people tribe opposing naming modified version festival believe hilo chanted individual family clan sacrifice mithunbuffaloto king evil spirit believe siearth donyisun goddess god people sidonyi hillo huge different celebrate sidonyi form festival since year also strongly emotionally attach original founder member festival believe history festival may dilute due renaming hand tsc tagin cultural society member organizing committee sidonyi festival thought suffixing hilo word necessary sidonyi festival ie sidonyi hilo festival believe hilo local language festival also believed hilo mean chief controversial still going first group planning celebrate festival name existing one separately sidonyi onward celebrated january every year festival god si atu simale spiritual form earth goddess donyi ayu donyifemale spiritual form sun venerated spiritual form nibu local priest presides festival chanting ui form verbal prayer deity si donyi particular prosperity entire community stop malevolent spirit creating destruction towards people community ask permission quality crop health sehtu platform constructed bamboo wood decorated required leaf bamboo stuff nyûgé entire hyms chanting ghayal sacrifice done around another key component dancing dance chungne konyi bokar riabu takar ghene performed group men woman traditional attire ornament older male perform hoyi penam specially performed welcome spirit essentially etțě paste made rice beer rice powder smeared people face celebration mithun gayal sacrificed deity marking end festival celebration continues week celebrated venerate si earth donyi sun chief deity among donyipoloism followed tagin male spirit form si god female spirit form donyi goddess worshipped