Cymbals, gongs and flutes are played to the beat of the pot drum. One cannot but admire the art, the spirit and the grace of the Kachin dance. It is a dance performed by the Kayah people at their traditional cultural festival of worship. The Diku festival is held every year during the month of Thadingyut. The festival is held to pray for a bountiful harvest with a full yield of crops which has been spared pests and other dangers.
Glutinous rice is boiled after being placed inside packets made of traingular-shaped leaves.
Three to five packets are joined together and boiled. Traingular-shaped leaves wrapped around glutinous rice symbolises the united efforts of parents, children and friends. Offerings are made of these packets of glutinous rice together with the local brew. Relatives and friends from far and near are also entertained with these. Afterwards, men and women who have come to participate in the Diku festival join hands to dance to the music of drums, gongs and flutes.