Mera Hou Chongba Festival

About Mera Hou Chongba Festival:

• It is an annual festival observed in order to strengthen the cordial bond between the indigenous communities living in hills and valley people.
• It is only a festival wherein both hills and valley indigenous communities are observed together in the State.
• This festival has been celebrated right from the time of Nongda Lairen Pakhangba in the first Century C.E.
• Every year, in the month of Mera, which falls in September/October, this festival is celebrated, in which all the village Chiefs or Khullakpas and peoples from the surrounding hill areas fully take part
• The royal palace officials share the same dias as the multiple village chiefs from communities such as Mao, Kabui, Zeme, Kom, Liangmei, and many more.
• The main function of Mera Hou Chongba festival is the exchange of gifts between the King and village Chiefs and performance of cultural show and sports.

Q1: Who are Indigenous Peoples?

They are distinct social and cultural groups that share collective ancestral ties to the lands and natural resources where they live, occupy or from which they have been displaced.

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