Nakshu Mwtai
Generally tribal communities of Tripura are not worshipper of the snake, but according to another type of opinion, the Jamatias along with the other tribes of Tripura like to identity NAKCHUMATAI as the goddess of snake. It is accepted by some community that Nakchumatai is believed to be the embodiment of Hindu influence, though I have no proof of it, I can not help suspecting its existence in the hilly region of Tripura. It is not extremely difficult in the present state of our knowledge to say that the worship of bamboo (bambusa arudinaea, petz) is traceable in the folk religious ceremony of Bengal where bamboo is the symbol of the Vastu devata or the God of residential house who is said to be the deity of dwelling house as a guardian. The Supernatural deity, who presides over house according to the belief of the Jamatias, may be compared to the vastu devata of the Bengalese. It is significant fact that a snake is also a vastudevata who dwells in the boundary of a Bengalee householder whom they respect. It is a crime of them to kill a Vastusarpa. However, the scheduled date for the worship of Nakchu-matai is Chaitra sankranti.
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