The people enjoy life, are convivial, warm and hospitable with a bubbling urge to make the most of the natural bounty. A rich variety of fairs and festivals provide them with seasonal occasions to get together en masse and enjoy the common brotherhood and a spirit of cooperation.

The festivals mirror the people's culture, their artistic genius, and skill at making music and dance forms. Practically each month of the year witnesses a festival of one tribe or the other. The festivals serve a two-fold purpose-as thanksgiving ceremonies in homage to God and His gift of good crops and freedom from want and disease.

The Losar Festival of the Monpas hails their new year and is celebrated for five days. The houses are cleaned and Buddhist prayers are offered for prosperity and good health. Colorful prayer flags are hoisted atop the temples and dwelling places. The Mopin Festival of the Galo tribe in Siang District lasts for five days when wealth, prosperity, and universal happiness are sought.

The festivities of the Idu Mishmi Tribe of Lohit District are devoted to the appeasement of the deities for six days. It ends with a colorful fanfare and dances by the priests. A number of other festivals with religious and seasonal significance fill the days of the people with mirth and merry making.

Fairs and festivals form an integral and indigenous part of the life of the native people of Arunachal Pradesh. They seem to show fanaticism towards their religion. The main population of Arunachal Pradesh are the Buddhist tribes, known to believe and worship innumerable deities and spirits.

The process of festival sees variety in religious rites. The priest performs prayers and sacrifices to ensure environmental peace. Festivals and fairs are a means for the tribal population to exult themselves and pray to the Almighty to bestow upon them good health, perpetual bliss, happiness and wealth. Their glorious heritage with enchanting folk songs, dances and exotic ways of prayers, express their friendly simplicity and modesty. Their fairs and festivals match their faith.

The list of festivals in Arunachal Pradesh is a very long one, as each season brings along a new festive season for the people. The "Losar" festival of the Monpas mark the onset of the new year for the tribes.

The festival is celebrated for five consecutive days. They dance and offer prayers to welcome the New Year with lots of enthusiasm so that it brings along all that is good and eliminates the bad things from their life.

Another festival that is also celebrated for peace and prosperity is the "Reh" festival associated with the "Idu Mishis." This also lasts for six days.

During the month of March comes the most popular festival of Arunachal called "Ojiyale". This festival also stretches out for twelve long days and the tribals are once again busy with prayers, melodious songs and dances.

Festivals therefore represent a meeting place for the tribals of Arunachal Pradesh to form a jamboree and perform variety of dance, songs, stage pantomime and masked dances. Their lives are incomplete without these offerings and the typical music and dance which imbibes the essence of tribal culture and tradition.

But the state will fill your day with all kinds of programs and you will simply enjoy your stay in such an unknown and unfamiliar state. You will get the opportunity to get acquainted with the rich cultural heritage, which was once not open and exposed to outside influences.