Behdienkhlam festival

• It is the most important festival of the Jaintias or Pnar tribal community in meghalaya and is celebrated mid-July every year after the sowing is over.
• “Khlam” means plague or pestilence’and “beh dien” means to drive away with sticks.
• Is the ritualistic expression of the relentless struggle of mankind to overcome the destructive forces of nature, including diseases, since the dawn of civilization.
• This festival is celebrated around the same time “Rath Yatra” is celebrated in other parts of eastern India.

Ambubachi Mela

• It is a usual Tantric fertility festival of Assam which marks the menstruation period of the Goddess Kamakhya.
• The temple is closed for three days while she menstruates and reopens on the fourth day,
• Her temple is closed for three days while she menstruates and reopens on the fourth day, with a rush of devotees who come to receive bits of cloth that are supposedly soaked with her menstrual fluid.
• It’s considered to be extremely auspicious and powerful.
• The festival attracts numerous Tantric sadhus (holy men) from India and abroad.

Wangala Festival

• The Wangala Festival is the biggest harvest festival of the Garo tribe in Meghalaya.
• Held in honor of the Sun God of fertility, the festival marks the end of the sowing season and agricultural year.
• It’s celebrated by the beating of drums, blowing horns, and traditional dancing.
• The highlight is the sound of 100 drums (nagaras) being beaten together.
• Hence, the alternative name for the festival — the 100 Drum Wangala Festival.

Tribal festivals of Arunachal Pradesh

• Losar Festival - One of the most significant festivals of the Buddhist Community in Tawang, Losar commemorates the advent of the new year.
• The word Losar is derived from two Tibetan words, ‘lo’ which means ‘year’ and ‘sar’ which means ‘new’.
• Myoko Festival - The festival is celebrated among three communities in Ziro — Diibo-Hija, Hari-Bulla, and Hong of Apatani plateau — on a rotational basis.
• It includes rituals for prosperity, fertility, purification, and sacrifice performed by the village shaman or priest, and many interesting cultural elements such as folk performances and processions.
• Dree Festival – it is an agricultural festival of the Apatani tribe. It’s celebrated by sacrificial offerings and prayers to the gods who protect the crops.
• Folk songs, traditional dances, and other cultural performances have also become a part of the modern-day festivities.

Kharchi Puja

• One of most renowned pujas in Tripura, Kharchi Puja is a sacred procedure of offering reverence to the Mother Earth.
• The Kharchi Puja continues for seven days and the people of Tripura with utmost dedication offer worship to the Fourteen Deities who are worshipped during Kharchi Puja.