Moatsu festival

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Moatsu festival is a traditional springtime celebration of the Ao Naga people of Nagaland, marked by rituals, feasting, dancing, and community bonding to welcome a new agricultural season.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Moatsu festival canonical 1
Moatsu festival celebrations 1

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural festival ⓘ
festival ⓘ
associatedWith Ao Naga tribe ⓘ
farming communities ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ
celebratedBy Ao Naga people ⓘ
linked to: Naga peoples
celebratedIn India ⓘ
Nagaland ⓘ
culturalContext Ao Naga culture ⓘ
Naga culture ⓘ
hasFeature communal meals ⓘ
hospitality to guests ⓘ
traditional attire ⓘ
traditional dances ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
village-level celebrations ⓘ
includesActivity community bonding ⓘ
dancing ⓘ
feasting ⓘ
rituals ⓘ
isPartOf Ao Naga traditional calendar ⓘ
Naga traditional festivals ⓘ
languageContext Ao language ⓘ
marks beginning of new agricultural season ⓘ
purpose to strengthen community ties ⓘ
to welcome a new agricultural season ⓘ
region Northeast India ⓘ
relatedTo agricultural cycle ⓘ
religiousAspect traditional animist practices ⓘ
season spring ⓘ
socialFunction collective thanksgiving for harvest prospects ⓘ
conflict resolution within community ⓘ
strengthening kinship bonds ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ao Naga → hasFestival → Moatsu festival ⓘ
Mokokchung → hasFestival → Moatsu festival celebrations ⓘ
linked to: Moatsu festival