The chatra is carried by four close relatives to the main gate or a nearby sacred tree ( Sanamahi tree ). There, a final khilong (bamboo post) is erected, and the lamp is placed upon it — the soul now officially begins its journey westward (the direction of the ancestral land).
The weaver Ngaihte, from the old legend, did not see her village prosper. She died during the second winter, her hands still stained with indigo. But the blanket she wove from broken splinters lasted three hundred years. Each time a child was born, that blanket was wrapped around them, and the elder would whisper, "Remember Ngaihte. She was —the one who endured so you could be warm in a tomorrow she would never see." Eteima Thu Naba
In that profound act, grief is transmuted into grace, and a mother becomes an ancestor — watching over her lineage from the quiet western hills of the ancestral sky. The chatra is carried by four close relatives
To address these challenges, there is a need for the government, traditional authorities, and stakeholders to collaborate to preserve and promote Eteima Thu Naba. This includes providing funding and infrastructure support, as well as implementing measures to document and preserve the festival's traditions and customs. She died during the second winter, her hands