With the advent of progress and modern influences, attitudes towards religion, rituals and festivals has changed, especially in urban areas. The clarion call given for preserving the culture and identity among tribal societies is:

Loss of culture; Loss of Identity

With the advent of progress and the influences of modernisation, attitudes have changed to religion and to the celebration of the many festivals. Rituals, procedures of ceremonies, taboos associated with these ceremonies, the value and amount of sacrifices to be made, are now all subjects of constant change, especially in the mushrooming urban areas. These new pressures on the concept of tribal identity have meant that traditional practices and their preservation have become almost a necessary expression of being tribal. Festivals have emerged as an emphatic projection of that sense of a unified tribe identity. It is as if the collective celebration of the festival has become a fitting response to the clarion call of “Loss of Culture, Loss of Identity’ that is doing the rounds in today’s tribal society. It is currently a common practice for Festival Celebration Committees to be formed in place of the Traditionally looseknit work gang for the celebration of the festival. Traditionally, seasonal cycles determined the days of the celebration; now dates for the celebration have been formalised with each marked on the official government calendar