𝓒𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓲 𝓛𝓪𝓭𝔂🍒

𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬, 𝐈’𝐦 𝐋𝐨𝐭𝐢 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚,𝐈 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.𝐈’𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫.😇

𝓒𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓲 𝓛𝓪𝓭𝔂🍒

Sangken is a Buddhists’ festival. The Tai Khamptis of Namsai district of Arunachal Pradesh celebrates the Sangken festival to mark their new year. The festival is also celebrated by Singpho, Tai Khamyang and Buddhist Tangsa of Arunachal Pradesh. Tai Khampti people traditionally follow the lunar calendar. As such, all their socio-religious ceremonies and socio-cultural festivals are tied up with the cycle of lunar months.

April (Noun Ha) is the first month of the year. Sangken festival is celebrated on the last days of the (old) year lasting 2 to 3 days, and the lunar New Year begins on the following day just after the end of Sangken festival.

During the festival, Statues of Lord Buddha are brought out of the Chong (temple) and placed in a chapel in the premises, then ceremoniously washed with clean water on all days. Buddhist scriptures (Lik), Peepal tree (toun Puthi) and monks are given a symbolic wash with clean water.

In contemporary times, Sangken has evolved into a widely embraced water festival. Individuals spanning various age brackets can be observed dousing trees and plants encircling the temple with water. The festivities took on an extra layer of enjoyment as participants began playfully splashing water on one another.

Throughout the festival, Golden Pagoda comes alive with a sequence of culturally rich and entertaining programs and activities. The Tai youth orchestrate meticulously planned, theme-based events, adding vibrancy to the celebrations.💦💦