Rituals mark beginning of Behdieñkhlam

JOWAI, June 29: Dorbar Niamtre of Sein Raij, Jowai, on Thursday offered prayer and sacrifice to the thunder god, which marks the beginning of the Behdieñkhlam festival.
The ritual was performed under the leadership of Puramon Kynjin Daloi eleka, Jowai, in the presence of the priest from Raij Chyrmang, Tuber and Raij Ialong.
Despite the inclement weather, the rituals were performed without any hitch along with the Langdoh, the Pator, the Sangot and the Wasan and other religious dignitaries. The ritual was conducted on the top of lum Kyntong in which the Sangot from the Paswet clan, in the presence of the Sangot from Pakyntein and the Pasubon Sangot, offered the ceremonial sacrifice in the sanctum sanctorum.
The ritual was conducted as per the Hynñewtrep tradition, which has been handed over from generation to another.
After the prayer at Lumkyndong, the other part of the ceremony was completed at Madan Bamkña Pyrthat during which members of the Seiñ Raij, Jowai, and elders from the Raij Tuber, Chyrmang and Ialong partook in the feast.