Sokra Misawa Festival

Subject : History

Section: Art and Culture

Concept:

Sokra Misawa Festival is celebrated by Tiwas tribals in Karbi Anglong district, Assam.
Tiwa tribal boys wearing headgears called Sakrashata which is made of the inner part of a tree and perform their traditional rituals during the Sokra Misawa festival.
It is believed that people of Tiwa community who inhabit in the hills are not permitted to prepare their paddy field for the next harvest before performing this ritual.
It is a spring time festival of the Tiwas where they worshipped the deities of nature.