EXPERIENCE SHERGAON

Kro-Chekor is a week long festival celebrated in Shergaon during the onset of spring i.e around the month of June-July every year.This festival not only showcases traditional custumes but also local songs and dances along with local wine and dishes are a must see and to be enjoyed .During the festival young boys and girls take a pilgrimage of holy buddhist text around the village which culminates to a water cleasing ceremony at the dusk.After the Chekor, a day is assigned to each clan of village to undertake yet another trekking pilgrimage to a holy site known as  Nechin Dombo Lahiri kro where villagers pray and young boys perform traditional dance.

Kro-Chekor is a week long festival celebrated in Shergaon during the onset of spring i.e around the month of June-July every year.This festival not only showcases traditional custumes but also local songs and dances along with local wine and dishes are a must see and to be enjoyed .During the festival young boys and girls take a pilgrimage of holy buddhist text around the village which culminates to a water cleasing ceremony at the dusk.After the Chekor, a day is assigned to each clan of village to undertake yet another trekking pilgrimage to a holy site known as  Nechin Dombo Lahiri kro where villagers pray and young boys perform traditional dance.

Believed to be existed before 17th century (probably), ruins of ‘Thungeey Gonpa’, located in Shergaon village is one of the oldest Gonpa among all other Buddhist temples in West Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh. It was built by a monk Lamu Jangsey Pejang. The speciality of this Gonpa is that the whole structure is made up of mud. Therefore, it is also known as ‘Kaamcho-Yaam’ which literally means mud house in Sherdukpen dialect. Each single brick is 1x1/2 meter dimensionally. The whole area covers nearly 1 hectare approximately. Apart from that, numerous imperative Rhododendron arboreum and Daphne papyraceae (Paper plant) flowers found here in the winter season which adds to beautiful scenery over there.

Shergaon is also known for rich local handicrafts.The traditional clothes like ladies top-coats called as "Kyo Rancho", mens  wrap-sack called as "Bogeri"  are still made with age long techniques which is well preserved and followed till date. Like the Bogeri as stated above is still woven with the threads made from Stinging Nettle plant barks.There are many woman self help groups which make these handicrafts and those can be bought from them at a reasonable price.

From ages local have been been brewing wines and spirits at home.Many varieties of wine made from rice, millet, maize, autumn olive,kiwi fruit etc. The wines made from  wild olive,peach,kiwi fruit and rhododendron flowers are very crisp and sweet to taste.A clear vodka like spirit locally called as "Aro" is made from the distillation of rice beer slurry which is a must try when one visits Shergaon.

" PRIDO CHEPCHI" is a very unique festival of Shergaon village is celebrated around the month of July every year. It's a day long event in which the buddhist monks performs prayers in the Gompa (a buddhist monastery).The main attraction is the " Bardoo Cham" dance which is  performed on that particular day. This dance is a depiction of Buddhist belief of the journey after death & before rebirth. " Bardo" is the period where-in the human soul experiences many hardships before entering a new embryo. The Prido chepchi  festival of Shertukpen community is not only a display of dances but a spiritual experience which encourages a person to avoid sin so that ones soul can have a  peaceful journey after death.