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| RONGKER
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Karbi Anglong, Assam. |
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| Celebrated by
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Karbi Tribe |
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| Significance
of Rongker :
For the well being of people and good
harvest |
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| Significance
of Chomangkan :
Death Ceremony |
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| Blue and lusty green hills, covered with mist,
the giggling springs, fragrance of wild flowers, and the call of the cuckoos
have made Karbi Anglong the peaceful abode of the Karbis, the Mongoloid group
who migrated to this land several hundred years BC. Karbis are very peace
loving people.
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Peculiar Features Of The Karbi
Festivals
Rongker and Chomangkan are the two most important festivals of the Karbis.
Rongker is basically a springtime festival and is performed at the beginning of
the New Year. To propitiate different gods and goddesses for the well being of
the entire village, the elderly male folk organise Rongker so that people could
be free from diseases, natural calamities for the entire year. They pray for a
good harvest too. The women are not allowed to enter the worship arena.
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On the other hand, Chomangkan is
a festival, dedicated to the dead. It is primarily a death ceremony. It depends
upon the convenience of the locality. This festival is a must for every Karbi.
It is a non-stop four days and four nights celebration.
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