Nyokum Yullo
Come co-exist with nature
Cultural Significance
Nyokum Yullo literally means `Coming together of people at one place for celebrations/rituals`. Nyokum Yullo is a pre-harvest festival which is celebrated in the month of February to invite the Goddess of rain to invoke her blessings. Farmers burn their fields and cut off trees for cultivation during this time for a good harvest in the next season. With the blessings of Nyokum Goddess, the Nyishis perform rituals to ward-off natural calamities like famine, drought, earthquakes and to save their crops from insects & animals. According to them, the wrath of God is the reason behind any misery caused to human beings and it can be evaded by performing rituals, offering sacrifices of domesticated animals like Mithun, goats and chickens. A truly fulfilled life is the one were perfect consonance is maintained between Man, God and Nature. The festival also highlights the fertility and growth of animal husbandry and human beings for years to come.
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