{"id":25571,"date":"2018-04-14T01:33:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T20:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=25571"},"modified":"2018-04-14T01:33:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T20:03:26","slug":"longte-festival-with-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2018\/04\/14\/longte-festival-with-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Longte; Festival with a difference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Editor,<\/strong>
\nI would like to convey the message of ongoing Longte Festival celebration. First and foremost, the present Nyishi tribe have migrated from an unknown place called \u2018Nirba\u2019 to present day Arunachal Pradesh. It is considered that \u2018Nirba\u2019 is located somewhere in Mongolia. Whatever may be the reason, the Nyishi tribe trace back its origin to a single super ancestor called \u2018Nima – Tani\u2019. The \u2018Nima – Tani\u2019 existed since the dawn of the creation. The Nyishi mythology begins before the onset of \u201cBig Bang\u201d, a theory which was proposed by Georges Lemaitre. This can be substantiated by our oral record called \u2018Jangmang- Jama\u2019. The \u2018Jangmang \u2013 Jama\u2019 is considered as a time period in universe when not a single particle existed and scientifically this has been concluded by scientist that after the Big Bang when universe expanded, energy ‘condensed’ into matter and the first particles were formed.
\nSecondly, the Nyishi tribe has many festivals which are hunting and harvest oriented like Yullo, Nyohion, Amji, Changtum \u2013 Botey, Boori \u2013 Boot, liu – hunam, kiruk ruknam, Nyokum and \u2018Longte festival\u2019 being among them.
\nThe Longte festival was brought forth by our ancestor during their \u2018Dogin\u2019 (migration). These ancestors are Longte Ane, Yullo Abu, Atu Gungte, Ayu Gamru and others. The actual meaning of \u2018Longte\u2019 is large fence (barricade) made up of bamboo; modelled before the sowing of crops in the fields to protect the crops from the cattle. The large barricade (fence) made during \u2018Longte\u2019 also symbolises the disunion of human realm from the sphere of evil spirit. Thus, \u2018Longte\u2019 is separation of light from darkness, plenty from scarcity, good from bad and health from illness. In other word, the Longte festival is essence and way of human life.
\nIt is also noteworthy to mention that LONGTE festival is very unique and different from other tribal festivals around the world. In a sense, it doesn\u2019t involve the sacrifice of animals like \u2018Mithun\u2019 or any other animals. Hence, it is the only festival that prohibits the bloodshed of animals during or after the festival.
\nThe Longte festival champions the restriction of over exploitation of flora and fauna. Today global leaders are conducting summit after summit for global warming but way back, knowingly or unknowingly; our ancestors have taken the initiatives to preserve and protect the environment through festival like Longte. The Longte festival is actually very cogent in preservation of environment and such festival should be backed from all walks of life. The very essence of this festival is to support the existence of flora and fauna which resulted into the nourishment of our environment. Considering the uniqueness, beauty and vitality of Longte festival, the government should give it a bigger platform through department such as Forestry and Tourism, so that it may get greater expose.
\nYours,<\/strong>
\nYumlam Bai<\/strong>
\nItanagar<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Editor, I would like to convey the message of ongoing Longte Festival celebration. First and foremost, the present Nyishi tribe have migrated from an unknown place called \u2018Nirba\u2019 to present day Arunachal Pradesh. It is considered that \u2018Nirba\u2019 is located somewhere in Mongolia. Whatever may be the reason, the Nyishi tribe trace back its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-readers-forum"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}