Mopin

Mopin festival dance

Mopin is a festival celebrated by the Adi tribe in Arunachal Pradesh, India in particular of the Gallong group of tribes of East Siang and West Siang districts.^[1] It is a celebration of the harvesting season held in the Adi months of "Luni" 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 (an alcoholic beverage popular in this state prepared by fermentation of rice) is generally distributed among the participants in a bamboo shoot. Like in Indian festival of Holi, revelers apply Ette, a rice flour, to fellow revelers' faces.^{[citation needed]}

Participants perform a local traditional dance called Poppyir at this event.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Bhatt, S. C. (2006). Bhargava, Gopal K.; Bhatt, S. C.. eds. Land and people of Indian states and union territories. 3. Arunachal Pradesh. Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories: In 36 Volumes. Gyan Publishing House. p. 293. ISBN 9788178353562. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Bhs6iYvgXekC&lpg=PA293&dq=Mopin%20festival&pg=PA293#v=onepage&q=Mopin%20festival&f=false. Retrieved 04 April 2011.