PHOM MONYIU TRIBAL FESTIVAL 2022|MINI HORNBILL FEST|LONGLENG|#lonelyshadownaga
Channel: LonelyShadow Naga
Date: 06/04/2022

Brief description of PHOM MONYIU
Monyu festival is a major festival of the Phom Nagas of Nagaland. The people of the Phoms observe four festivals namely Monyu, Moha, Bongvum and Paangmo. Out of the four Monyu is of most significance.The Monyu is one of the popular festivals of Nagaland that celebrates the onset of the approaching harvest season. It marks the conclusion of the winter season and the start of the bright seasons of spring and summer. The festival commences after the paddy fields have been sowed. At the intervals of the festival people pray for their farms to be blessed. They beckon God with their prayers to bless their crops so that they attain a triumphant harvest for the season.
Monyu festival marks the end of cold winter nights and the beginning of a warmer season of spring and summer when the crops of the Phoms thrive. People evoke god to grant them and their crops with opulence.
Arrival of the festival is confirmed through the gesture of beating of drums two days prior to when the festival starts. A certain rhythm of drumming is performed which is known as 'Lan Nyangshem'.
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