Wanchuwa festival This festival is celebrated by Tiwa tribes | UPSC Current Affairs Daily

Wanchuwa festival

This festival is celebrated by Tiwa tribesmen to mark their good harvest.
It comes with songs, dances,a bunch of rituals and people clad in their native attires.
The people of Tiwa tribe associate the bountiful harvest with the higher power from nature. This takes the form of pigs' skulls and bones which act as deities and are preserved through many generations.
People do plenty of make up in the form of paste made of rice powder. They participate in dance with this make up.
With bamboo sticks in hand, the people proceed to rhythmically beat the rice powder, and occasionally pause to move around the circle.
Tiwas pray for a bountiful harvest as well as protection from pests and natural calamities.