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Nagaland’s harvest festivals: the post-harvest calendar
Nagaland does not have one harvest festival; each tribe keeps its own. The big ones are Ngada (Rengma, November), Tokhu Emong (Lotha, early November), Mungmung (Phom, September 1 in the 2026 calendar) and Mimkut (Kuki, January), with Moatsü and Aoleang marking the sowing side of the year. Here is the post-harvest calendar, tribe by tribe.
The harvest festival calendar
| Festival | Tribe | When | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mungmung | Phom | September 1 (2026 calendar) | Longleng |
| Amongmong | Sangtam | first week of September | Kiphire-Tuensang |
| Ngada | Rengma | late November | Tseminyü |
| Tokhu Emong | Lotha | first week of November | Wokha |
| Mimkut | Kuki | mid-January | Peren |
| Chavang Kut | Kuki-Chin communities | November 1 | across the region |
Where travellers fit in
These are village festivals, not arena shows: visitors attend as guests, in modest numbers, ideally with a local host or operator. Our festival calendar maps the whole year, and the festival pages carry each one’s details: community, venue, etiquette and gateway.
Quick answers:
- Which is the harvest festival of Nagaland? There is no single one: Ngada, Tokhu Emong, Mungmung and Mimkut are the main tribal harvest festivals.
- Which is the main festival of Nagaland? By scale, the Hornbill Festival every December 1–10 at Kisama, where all tribes perform; by tradition, each tribe’s own harvest festival comes first.
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