Mera Hou Chongba Festival

About Mera Hou Chongba Festival:

• It is an annual festival observed in order to strengthen the cordial bond between the indigenous communities living in hills and valley people.
• It is only a festival wherein both hills and valley indigenous communities are observed together in the State 
• This festival has been celebrated right from the time of Nongda Lairen Pakhangba in the first Century C.E.
• Every year, in the month of Mera, which falls in September/October, this festival is celebrated, in which all the village Chiefs or Khullakpas and peoples from the surrounding hill areas fully take part
• The royal palace officials share the same dias as the multiple village chiefs from communities such as Mao, Kabui, Zeme, Kom, Liangmei, and many more.
• The main function of Mera Hou Chongba festival is the exchange of gifts between the King and village Chiefs and performance of cultural shows and sports.