{"id":62965,"date":"2025-09-11T13:21:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T07:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=62965"},"modified":"2025-09-11T13:31:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T08:01:27","slug":"langkhun-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/langkhun-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Langkhun Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Langkhun Festival<\/b> <b>Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Tiwa tribesmen celebrated the Langkhun festival in Umsowai village in Karbi Anglong district of Assam.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Langkhun Festival<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>socio-religious event<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> celebrated by the <\/span><b>Tiwa community in Assam.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During this festival the people pray for a good crop in the <\/span><b>upcoming Rabi crop season.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The members of the community make offerings and pray to the <\/span><b>gods for a good harvest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during this festival.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cultural events including music and dance are also part of the event.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Significance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Tiwa Langkhun festival has great cultural significance and the community prays for a good harvest<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Tiwa Tribe<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tiwa people are <\/span><b>also called Lalung<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and they live in Assam and Megalahaya states in northeastern India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are <\/span><b>Hill Tiwas and Plains Tiwas.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Hill Tiwas: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They live in the Karbi Anglong District of Assam and in Megalahaya. They speak a <\/span><b>Tibeto Burman language.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Plains Tiwas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: They live in the southern <\/span><b>bank of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brahmaputra-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brahmaputra Valley<\/a>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They speak Assamese.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Society: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have a <\/span><b>matrilineal system of society<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where a Tiwa boy goes to a girl to marry her. This system is called \u201c<\/span><b>Kobea Liwa.&#8221;<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>main festivals of Tiwa tribes are:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tiwa Bihu, Jon Beel Mela, Sagramisawa, Langkhunpuja etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_international\/issues\/147501\/OPS\/GVOERHKLM.1+G2SESJ8F4.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Langkhun Festival is a socio-religious event celebrated by the Tiwa community in Assam. 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