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Pabuni Festival Celebrated with Traditional Fervour by Koch Tribe

The Koch community of Northeast India recently celebrated their traditional spring festival, Pabuni, with great enthusiasm. The festival, observed annually, was held this year on May 4 at Chenga-Benga Gandhipara in South West Garo Hills. It marks the welcoming of the Assamese New Year (Baisakh) and holds deep cultural and agricultural significance for the Koch tribe.

The celebration began with villagers assembling at the Pabuni Sali (shrine), where rituals were performed under a banyan tree adorned with a bamboo circular fence. Dressed in traditional attire—Gongomari for girls and Jarua Dhoti for boys—villagers participated in the sacred rites led by the Deusi (priest) and his assistant. Offerings of rice beer and cakes were made to the Pabuni deity, along with prayers for prosperity and the well-being of cattle.

In addition to the Pabuni goddess, other deities such as Bura Baus, Baro Wai, Churaburi, Shitoli, Katuli, Bangalwai, Sonarai, Ruparai, and Lakshmi were also worshipped during the ceremony.

Following the offerings, the Deusi tasted the ritual liquor and passed it to the elders, after which the community joined together in prayers. The festivities continued with lively traditional dances accompanied by music played on indigenous instruments like the Dudumari (big drum), Wa Khanding (bamboo flute), Musikorong (buffalo horn), and Taktaka (bamboo cymbals).

The festival concluded with group dances and social gatherings, serving as an occasion for young boys and girls to meet and form bonds, often leading to future marriages. As the sun set, the villagers returned to their homes, marking the end of another year of the joyous celebration.


May the house be full of people,
May the house be full of rice.
We pray for the well-being
Of humans, cows, pigs, and hens.
Hail Pabuni, Hail Pabuni.

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