Gaan Ngai Festival

Gaan-Ngai is the biggest annual post-harvest festival of the Zeliangrong people who inhabit in the State of Manipur, Assam and Nagaland.

  • It is also known as Chakaan Gaan Ngai and is the biggest festival of Zeliangrong community.
  • Full form of the festival is Chakaan Gaan Ngai. Chakaan means winter; Gaan means moonlit night; and Ngai means festival.

Celebration

  • Gaan-Ngai is traditionally celebrated in the month of "Gaan-Bu" of the indigenous calendar of the Rongmei Naga tribe which typically falls in the Gregorian month of November or December.
  • So, accordingly, Gaan-Ngai is celebrated in Assam as per the date fixed using the indigenous Rongmei ....
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