Life in Nagaland is replete with festivities throughtout the year as all the tribes have their own festivals which they greatly cherish. They regard their festivals sacrosanct and participation in them is compulsory. They celebrate their distinct seasonal festivals with pageantry, colour, music and fanfare.

Most of these festivals revolve round agriculture, which is still the mainstay of Naga society. Over 85% population of Nagaland is directly dependent on agriculture. Nagas inhabits the wild, wide open pastoral countryside. In this blissful setting Nagas savour nature's bounties with a rare gusto, filling the onlookers with awe and admiration.

Although some religious and spiritual sentiments are inter-woven into seculare rites and rituals, the predominant theme of the festivals is offering of prayers to a Supreme Being hailed by different names in diverse Naga dialects. At these festivals, the spirits and gods are propitiated with sacrifices by the village Shaman (priest) for a bountiful harvest either before the sowing or before reaping the harvest.