Mamita Festival

Mamita Festival is a festival is observed in Tripura by the Tripuri, Jamatia, and Noatia people after harvesting various crops including rice, sesame, vegetables, etc from the jhum or paddy field. In this day Tripuri people worship Mailuma and Khuluma deities by offering newly harvested crops .^[1]^[2] On this day a dance is performed by group of young male and females named" Mamita dance.

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^ Encyclopaedia of Fairs & Festivals in India Soma Deb, B. Sinha - 2001 Mamita Festival This festival is observed in the Tripura state by the tribals like Jamatia, Tripura, and Noatia. Though there is no particular date for the celebration, but it is performed immediately after the harvesting is over, usually in the months of October— November every year.
^ Oral tradition and folk heritage of North East India - 8187502029 Lalit Kumar Barua - 1999 Page 168 - Some tribes like the Jatias, Tripuri and Jamatia observe another festival connecting the harvest, namely Mamita festival which is the worship of a particular deity.

[1] Encyclopaedia of Fairs & Festivals in India Soma Deb, B. Sinha - 2001 Mamita Festival This festival is observed in the Tripura state by the tribals like Jamatia, Tripura, and Noatia. Though there is no particular date for the celebration, but it is performed immediately after the harvesting is over, usually in the months of October— November every year.

[2] Oral tradition and folk heritage of North East India - 8187502029 Lalit Kumar Barua - 1999 Page 168 - Some tribes like the Jatias, Tripuri and Jamatia observe another festival connecting the harvest, namely Mamita festival which is the worship of a particular deity.

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