Mopin

Mopin festival dance

Mopin is a festival celebrated 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 "Lumi" and "Luki", corresponding to March–April.[1] Officially the date is around April 5. In villages, the celebration starts a month prior.

A local drink called Apung/Poka (an alcoholic beverage popular in the state prepared by fermentation of rice) is generally distributed among the participants in a bamboo cup. Like in Indian festival of Holi, revelers apply Ette, a rice flour, to fellow revelers' faces.[2]

Participants perform a local traditional dance called Popir at this event.[3]

The 2016 day of Mopin is April 5.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.arunachalpradesh.nic.in/pdf/mopin_festival_2011_ap.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.arunachalpradesh.nic.in/pdf/mopin_festival_2011_ap.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.arunachalpradesh.nic.in/pdf/mopin_festival_2011_ap.pdf
  4. ↑ http://arunachalipr.gov.in/GH_Local.htm
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