Meitei new year - festive meals, offerings, and an afternoon climb up Cheiraoching hill.
First day of Sajibu - usually falls in April; date shifts with the lunar calendar.
Exact dates for the coming year haven't been announced or verified yet — this page will be updated when they are.
Valley homes; Cheiraoching hill climb in the afternoon
Sajibu Cheiraoba marks the Meitei lunar new year on the first day of Sajibu (usually April). Houses are cleaned and repainted, elaborate meals are cooked and exchanged with neighbours, and in the afternoon families climb Cheiraoching - the belief being that ascending the hill lifts one's life higher in the year to come.
A home festival with one public moment: the hill climbs in the afternoon, especially at Cheiraoching near Singjamei.
Around this festival: what the month is like · getting there · where to stay