The pleasurable month of February proudly hosts the festival regarded as Boori Boot, which is principally celebrated by the Hill-Miris. This festival essentially involves the assemblage of mammoth fractions of people of virtually all the adjoining areas. Basically, the Boori Boot is such a festival, which does not lay any sort of stress on cast, creed, age and sex of the participating individuals.
Another aspect of the festival of Boori Boot at Arunachal Pradesh is that the consecrated soul that belongs to Boori Boot is summoned who is known to sanctify people. The masses pray for prosperity and also effective shielding from even the cursed shadows of fatal ailments that sometimes ravage village after village in a killing spree.
The young participants shoulder the responsibility of completing all the various works related to the successful completion of this event. The elders however procure some indispensable tips to assist them. The high priest who is known by the name of ‘Nibu’ is the one who is bestowed with the duty of consummating the reverence and slaughtering the wild beasts.
Another facet of Boori Boot is the custom in which the villagers apply ‘etting’ on the bodies of their contemporaries. This merry fiesta continues for a period of three days during which the people enjoy to their heart’s content.
Last Updated on 03 January 2011
