There are are more or less identical fairs and festivals among the sections
of the Angami, Sema, Lotha and Rengma Nagas. In the sphere of religion, the
Rengma resemble the Angami and the Sema, and their festivals also roughly
correspond. As among the Angami, there is a female first reaper, and stone
pulling ceremony is practised. Every tribe has it's own festivals. Several
festivals are connected with agricultural activities such as reaping, sowing
and harvesting. Moastu festival is performed by Ao Naga in the month of May,
after the sowing. Among the Lotha, pithi is the sacred specialist who
performs all ceremonies and rituals. He inaugurates the sowing and
harvesting. The Ao Naga celebrate many other festivals also, most of which
are celebrated to mark the beginning and end of a particular agricultural
activity. When crops are ready, the festival of Tsungremong is performed.
Pigs are sacrificed during this ceremony, in honour of the deity, Lijaba.
The other prominent festivals are Kuki Mimkut, Angami Sekrenyi, Phom Monyu,
Konyak Aoling, Rengma Ngada and Zeliang Nga-Ngai.
