"YEMSHE"-The Festival of Pochury Tribe
The family who host the Sanctification Feast has to fulfill the following conditions before the feast day.
1. The family who host the Sanctification Feast will have to provide wine to all families of the village
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9. A chicken will be kept in a cage on a selected tree on the way to the field. After that a selected group will go to that spot with dried frogs where chickens was kept and have a feast there. Every household have to perform this. Even the poorest family have to perform this ritual by roasting brinjal as the substitute of frogs and chicken.
The State of Nagaland is a narrow strip mountainous territory between the Brahmaputra valley of Assam and Myanmar (Burma). On the East it shares India's international boundary with Myanmar. On all the other sides it is bounded by Indian territory Manipur on the South, Assam on the West and North and Arunachal Pradesh on the North East. Saramati, the highest peak is 3841 m high and Kohima, the capital is 1444.12 m above the sea level. The main rivers that flow through the state are Dhansiri, Doyang, Dikhu and Jhanji.
The population of Nagaland is entirely tribal. This remote hilly area is covered with luxuriant vegetation, the climate is cool and bracing, the people are friendly and hospitable. In season the landscape is a riot of colour ? wild flowers, thick forests, huge trees, tall grass, a wide variety of wild animals and brilliantly coloured birds.
Tourist attractions include cemetery in Kohima, historic ruins of Kachari Kingdom, Dimapur and Dzukou Valley.
Blythe's Tragopan (tragopan blythii) State bird of Nagaland, found only in Nagaland, Northern Myanmar, Manipur and Sikkim. Discovered in Nagaland. Estimated number : approx 500
All the tribes have their own festivals which they hold so dear. They regard their festivals sacrosanct and participation in celebration is compulsory. They celebrate their distinct seasonal festivals with a pageantry of coulour and a feast of music.
Most of these festivals revolve round agriculture, it being the main-stay of Naga society. Over 85% population of Nagaland is directly dependent on agriculture and lives in a thousand and odd villages situated on high hill tops or slopes overlooking verdant valleys humming with murmuring streams. In this blissful setting Nagas enjoy the blessing of Nature with rare gusto striking the onlookers with awe and admiration. In most of the places agriculture consists of monocrop.
Although some religious and spiritual sentiments are inter woven into secular rites and rituals, the pre- dominant theme of the festivals is offering of prayers to a Supreme Being having different names in different Naga dialects. At these festivals, the spirit of Gods are propitiated with sacrifices by the Village Shaman for a bountiful harvest either before the sowing or on the eve of harvest.
