Government of India
Ali-Ai-Ligang
Publisher: National Portal of India. india.gov.in
Description: Ali-Ai-Ligang, the spring festival of the Mishing Tribe is a very colourful festival held every year on the first Wednesday of the month of 'Ginmur Polo' (February-March). 'Ali' means root, seed; 'Ai' means fruit and 'Ligang' means sow. That is why 'ceremonial' sowing of paddy starts on this day. On the occasion, people don the traditional attire, hand-woven Mishing ‘ege gasor’ and dance to the tune of folk songs called ‘oi nitoms’. ‘Poro aapong’ or rice beer, pork, ‘purang apin’ (boiled rice wrapped in special leaves) and dried fish is essential for the feast. The festival continues for five days and during this festival certain taboos with respect to the cutting of trees, fishing, ploughing, burning jungles etc. are strictly observed.
Type: Festival
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor | National Portal of India. india.gov.in |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Assam |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-11T09:14:38Z |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-11T09:14:38Z |
| dc.description | Ali-Ai-Ligang, the spring festival of the Mishing Tribe is a very colourful festival held every year on the first Wednesday of the month of 'Ginmur Polo' (February-March). 'Ali' means root, seed; 'Ai' means fruit and 'Ligang' means sow. That is why 'ceremonial' sowing of paddy starts on this day. On the occasion, people don the traditional attire, hand-woven Mishing ‘ege gasor’ and dance to the tune of folk songs called ‘oi nitoms’. ‘Poro aapong’ or rice beer, pork, ‘purang apin’ (boiled rice wrapped in special leaves) and dried fish is essential for the feast. The festival continues for five days and during this festival certain taboos with respect to the cutting of trees, fishing, ploughing, burning jungles etc. are strictly observed. |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpeg |
| dc.publisher | National Portal of India. india.gov.in |
| dc.type | Festival |
| dc.identifier.other | fest_ind-ligang-005-22339 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor | National Portal of India. india.gov.in |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Assam |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-11T09:14:38Z |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-11T09:14:38Z |
| dc.description | Ali-Ai-Ligang, the spring festival of the Mishing Tribe is a very colourful festival held every year on the first Wednesday of the month of 'Ginmur Polo' (February-March). 'Ali' means root, seed; 'Ai' means fruit and 'Ligang' means sow. That is why 'ceremonial' sowing of paddy starts on this day. On the occasion, people don the traditional attire, hand-woven Mishing ‘ege gasor’ and dance to the tune of folk songs called ‘oi nitoms’. ‘Poro aapong’ or rice beer, pork, ‘purang apin’ (boiled rice wrapped in special leaves) and dried fish is essential for the feast. The festival continues for five days and during this festival certain taboos with respect to the cutting of trees, fishing, ploughing, burning jungles etc. are strictly observed. |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/jpeg |
| dc.publisher | National Portal of India. india.gov.in |
| dc.type | Festival |
| dc.identifier.other | fest_ind-ligang-005-22339 |
| dc.format.medium | image |
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