Spark Venture Production (SVP) would be organizing a musical at the Rengma Ngada fest on November 28 at Tseminyu town featuring high-flying bands in the state such as Divine Connection, Making Merry, Dayspring, Alo Wanth, Jonathan Mesen, Kenei Chale, Mengu Suokhrie, Joy Woch, Menteli Kath, Nancy Magh and Andrew Thong.
Briefing media persons Friday at the Legislators Home Kohima, SVP member Rushulo Khing said the concert would collaborate with the festival of the Rengma community Ngada, which would not only help in fulfilling each event’s objective better but also add glamour, fiesta, magnitude and impact.
The event would be purely a non-profit one so as to enable one and all to enjoy the event and reach out to maximum number of people, Rushulo added.
SVP members Obed Kath, Thabenlo Woch, Rushulo Khing and Shishi Keppen aimed at giving the Rengmas’ headquarter, Tseminyu and its citizens a firsthand experience of the mega events.
The members informed that being a landmark and pivoting event, it will act as an agent of change and consequently open doors and prospects for future mega events and set a benchmark for the future.
Shishi of SVP said the concert aims to promote young talented Nagas to identify their talents and to cultivate sense of responsibility, adding, the festival also intends to take Tseminyu to the front line.
It may be mentioned that the harvest festival of the Rengmas ‘Ngada’ is celebrated just after the harvest towards the end of November.
Normally, it used to be celebrated for eight days with the first day by preparing rice beer, collection of banana leaves from the forest on the second day, visiting of deceased relatives by women folks who place rice-beer wrapped in banana leaves on the graves on the third day.
The fourth day is observed with the men folks gathering at their respective morungs or dormitories with their own rice beer and meat and at noon the men folks go around the village with their ceremonial and warrior fineries.
The fifth day follows with the male members visiting houses in a procession, singing songs related to Ngada and each of the visited houses offers something as a token of appreciation while the sixth day is marked with a visitation of other villagers and collection of firewood, banana leaves and vegetables from the forest on the seventh day.
The final day of the celebration is marked by three rites: an agreement with the fire in order to avoid fire accidents, an agreement with rats to avoid destruction of crops or household good and a rite to expel the evil spirits.
The festival organized by Rengma Hoho and hosted by deputy speaker Er. Levi Rengma will be held at Aghonshü on November 28.
The organizer informed that chief minister would be the chief guest while host of dignitaries, guests from neighboring villages, Pochuries, Western Rengmas and others are expected to join the celebration.