Chiithuni
chiithuni festival major festival celebrated mao naga tribe festival usually held day th day chuthunikhro january festival held mark end harvest period beginning new period chiithuni festival mark end year beginning new year festival held period day day holding important function believed ritual practised festival mean villager request god ancestor guide throughout year first day festival preparatory day known nisha villager must prepare clean heart also keep extremely clean taking regular bath cleaning belonging rice beer prepared beforehand th day chuthunikhro neighbour sit around taste second day known niji day main feast take place meat cooked distributed patriarch family proceeds offer cooked meat god evening huge bonfire created villager feast sing dance third day called oshu kope important day term various ceremony conducted villager gather morning go jungle chase hunt bird bare hand person catch first bird considered luckiest person year third day festival also considered auspicious woman married invited ancestral home returned husband home strip meat rice beer gift signifies eternal family bond fourth fifth sixth day chiithuni festivity held throughout day people feast drink localmade rice beer celebrate song dance traditional game first day following month chisiilopra february men woman village traditional attire weapon men basket woman go procession designated spot hill mark end festival reaching spot young men play traditional game show prowess ability day believed everyone must come home sun set severe consequence would lead death village acceptance christianity festival taken toneddown level blessing god forefather replaced praying blessing god many traditional game replaced modern game