Reh & Boori Boot Festival, Arunachal Pradesh

The Boori Boot festival is exclusively performed by the Hill-Miris. The festival usually falls in February. Boori Boot means to get together irrespective of age, sex, caste to hail the spring and successful harvest. The festival also invokes the spirit of Boori Boot to bless them with prosperity and free from diseases of any kind. The Nibu (priest) performs Puja as well as conduct sacrifice. ‘Etting’ is profusely applied on one and all.

Reh is one of the most important festivals of the Idu Mishimis. The Idus believe that they are the sons and daughters of the divine mother ‘Nanyi Inyitaya’. But none can get her blessings and keep alive bond of brotherhood and social feeling strong, unless one performs the puja or celebrate the Reh festival. The festival requires a number of sacrificial buffaloes for offering to the great mother ‘Nanyi Inyitaya’.

 

OUTLINE ITINERARY

29 Jan Day 01: Arrive Delhi/Kolkotta

30 Jan Day 02: Delhi/Kolkotta – Dibrugarh

31 Jan Day 03: Dibrugarh – Roing

01/02 Feb Day 04/05: Roing: REH FESTIVAL

03 Feb Day 06: Roing – Pasighat

04 Feb Day 07: Pasighat – Along

05 Feb Day 08: Along – Daporijo

06 Feb Day 09: Daporijo: BOORI BOOT FESTIVAL

07 Feb Day 10: Daporijo – Ziro

08 Feb Day 11: Ziro – Itanagar

09 Feb Day 12: Itanagar – Kaziranga

10 Feb Day 13: Kaziranga – Guwahati. Flight to Kolkotta/Delhi  

11 Feb Day 14: Delhi/Kolkotta  – Onward Destination