Yimchungrus celebrates ‘Tsungkam Nio’ festival

‘Tsungkam Nio,’ festival another important and premier festival of Yimchungru community was celebrated Monday with much ‘pomp and gaiety’ at 3rd NAP Sector Tuensang organized by Yimchungru Union NAP Sector Tuensang.                                              


                         The Tsungkam Nio festival which falls in the month of January, every year, is observed to signify the year long harvest. During this festival the young men and women of the village gather together and go round dancing to every house of the village in merriment. 
                          In turn every household provide meat, wine and rice cooked and would keep ready for the team. This procession would go round the entire village and complete within stipulated time. The first day of the festival is spent on cleaning the village and thereafter eating, drinking and dancing starts. 
                         The festival was a peace festival celebrated with much joy and merrymaking. It is during this festival wherein misunderstandings were buried for lifetime and also new relationship starts. This festival was also marked by sharing of foodstuff among the Yimchungrus.