Mopin Festival

Mopin Festival

Mopin festival of Arunachal Pradesh is a festival of Adi tribe.

Mopin Festival of Arunachal Pradesh is highly celebrated among the tribal people of this state. The Adi Tribe in Arunachal Pradesh generally celebrates it. Mopin is not confined with the people of this tribe, but all the people of Arunachal Pradesh celebrate it with glamour. The Festival is an agricultural festival famous by the Galo tribe in Arunachal Pradesh, India in particular of the Galo group of tribes of East Siang and West Siang districts It is a celebration of the harvesting season held in the Galo months of "Luni" and "Luki", corresponding to March-April. The members of this tribe have established their primary thriving spot in the Gallong community that exists in the state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Celebration of the Mopin Festival
The primary objective behind the Mopin Festival is that this festival helps in driving away the evil spirits who bring bad luck with them and pose a lot of vexations. The local folks worshipped the God of agriculture every year during this time. The Adi Tribe people believe that the worship will erase all the curses and bring back the better life of the people.

The festival is celebrated by them as they think it can bring them relief from negative things in life like diseases, calamities, evil spirits etc. They believe celebrating Mopin also brings good luck and wealth along with good crops in the coming days.

During the festival, the masses revere the deity of welfare and wisdom. Mopin across Arunachal Pradesh lasts for a grand total of five days principally during the month of April. This festival is celebrated prior to sowing the paddy. One other feature of the Mopin festival is that a dance known as Popir is performed in a very elegant way. A local drink called Apung or Poka is generally distributed among the participants in a bamboo cup. This Apung or Poka is an alcoholic beverage popular in Arunachal Pradesh prepared by fermentation of rice. Like the other Indian festivals as Holi, revelers apply Ette, rice flour, to fellow revellers' faces. Participants perform a local traditional dance called Poppyir at this event.

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