Celebrating Her 😍The only festival dedicated to a girl Child - Tel Khukhu | Documentary Video|
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The Origin of Te-l Khukhu
One day a lady saw fully ripped Otshü bo (Millet plant) in the middle of a pond. Seeing the plant, the lady asked a squirrel to pluck an ear for her but the squirrel did not return. Then the lady sent a parrot but the bird instead started eating the millet and never returned. Finally, the lady sent the toad for the same favor. The toad felt greatly honoured and brought her an ear of millet. The lady gratefully received the ear and told the toad that she would give a portion of her millet harvest. Thus, Te-l khukhu is celebrated every year in Viswema during Chünyi(end of July or the first part of August )Season. ‘Te-l’ which means Toad and ‘Khukhu’ to share. Therefore, ‘Te-l khukhu means “toad’s share.”
Prior to the festival, men folk would go for hunting, fishing, and collect carpenter’s worm particularly from oak trees whereas the women grind millet and catch snails from the paddy fields for the festivals. The food to be distributed to the damsels on Tel- Khukhu morning is cooked the night before or early in the morning. To this day, millet is a very important component in the preparation for this feast. The food is distributed preferably in a big papal leaf, sycamore leaf or banana leaf which will be rolled into cone shape and pinned with small bamboo pieces. The serving includes a handful of millet and rice, meat, snail and other delicacies depending on the availability.
Traditionally, the food that is cooked for the rituals is not allowed to be served before the first damsel performs the rituals in the household. During the festivals. the mother of the household performs a special rice giving ceremony by offering a little rice wrapped in the plantain leaf saying; “ take your share, toad” and places it somewhere underneath the bed. Then, she leaves the households heading for the other houses where she is invited to collect her Khukhu (food distribution from the leaf). Once the ritual is performed the damsels gather at the decorated Chokhwu (caves at the entrance of a house) wearing brand new dresses and have their “Khukhu” together. The Chokrwu is decorated with some wild flowers like Khwütso pü (ginger lily flower), phakü pü (rock butterfly lily flower), wild orchids and tender maize. The flowers are orderly arranged on the eaves and the roof openings ncluding the “ki ka” (house horn). A single wooden ladder (better known as osozho in Viswema) with a V- shape at the base is used to climb the chokhwu. Usually, the damsels eat their meals together in chokrwu, sing and make merry. During the day, they also visit their friends chokrwu and also visit prominent places. In the evening, the Chokrwus are flooded with songs and laughter.
The festivals is believed to be for girls only. Therefore, boys are not permitted to take the ritual food so they are given the kobjo Khukhu, kobjo khukhu means frogs share. This is just to make an excuse to let the men folk eat the ritual food prepared for the girls so that the boys can also enjoy the special food prepared in the household. The boys are neither allowed to climb nor go nearteh chokrwu on the day of te-l Khukhu. It is believed that on the day of Te-l Khukhu, if the damsels throw snail cones on them or accidentally fall on them, they will permanently remain a failure in hunting and also will never be able to compete with their contemporaries in future for any task.
Unlike other festivals of the Angamis, this festival holds a special emphasis on the women folk as most of the activities are performed and involves them. This festivals give higher platform to the women to break through the walls of conservative lifestyle. On this special event the women folk are given special privilege to wear brand new cloths and enjoy special delicacies with their peer mates. It also ignites the creativity of the women folk by way of decorating Chokhrwu with wild flowers and decorative items available locally. As far as the women folk are concerned, the beauty of celebrating this festival is that it gives the women fold full privilege to celebrate the day and make merry giving them a higher platform to cherish and celebrate their womanhood
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