The Chakhesang celebrate seven festivals in a year as shown below :

1. SÜKHRÜHNYE – 15 January
2. NGUNE – 15 January
3. TSAKRONYE – 1st Sunday of March
4. TÜKHANYE / TSÜKHENYIE – 6 May
5. KHUTHONYE – 15 July
6. TURHINYE – 25 August
7. THURINYE / KHILUVATÜ – 1 December

SÜHKRÜHNYE : It is the most important festival and is celebrated on 15the January. During the festival the boys and girls are sanctified through religious ceremonies and rituals. As a matter of fact, “SÜKHRÜHNYE” covers eleven days starting from “NYEDE” and within the five days including “NYEDE” necessary preparations are made for the rest of six day of festival period.

The first day of the festivity period is known as “CEDU”. On this very day animals are killed and every house hold sprinkles the blood of the killed animals on the main posts of the house. The first fetched out SÜKHÜHNYE wine is offered to the deities in bananas leaf tumblers and the cooked meat and rice-beer are offered to the High-Priest and Priests of the village in expectation of blessings.

The second day is “SÜKHRÜ”meant for men folk. SÜKHRÜ signifies sanctification of young, innocent and unspoiled boys for this ritualistic ceremony. On this day every man is supposed to take a fresh-water bath and is forbidden to use water fetched by women. To perform this ritualistic ceremony (SÜKHRÜ) everything new is used including utensils and fireplace. The men folk go to the well early in the morning before any animal or bird touches or partakes the water and take a bath immediately after the first crow of the cock which indicates the breaking of a new day, in order to sanctify themselves. Thereafter, the unpolluted water, considered to be holy, is brought home, fire is made out of the fire making method and unblemished cock is killed and cooked with the holy water and eat to sanctify the boy/boys for the rest of their lives. Even when a new house is constructed “SÜKHRÜH: is performed in order to get his house sanctified. This whole process is called “SÜKHRÜH” and “NYE” is known as festival. On this day the entire men folk go for community bird-trapping. The collected birds are hung on a decorated ceremonial ritual to sanctify her young innocent daughter/daughters. THÜNO NUSO is much simpler than that of SÜKHRÜH; they prepare an unblemished young hen and eat it to sanctify themselves for their entire lives.

The fourth day is known as “MÜTHI NUSO” where social feasts such as MÜLELHÜ or feast of social age groups. ZHOTHO MUZA (feast of merit) etc begins. This day is set aside from religious restrictions.
The fifth day is known as “CEDÜ ZHONU” which means accomplishment of the festivals. The sixth day and the last day is known as “THÜNYE MÜKRA”. Now that the festival’s religious pursuits are relaxed, to mark the last of SÜKHRÜHNYE they continue feasting, dancing and singing throughout the day and night till dawn.

With the coming of Christianity, SÜKHRÜHNYE’S religious and traditional ceremonies and rituals are no longer in practice in most of the villages. However, SÜKHRÜHNYE is still celebrated with great significance and enthusiasm mostly by the Chokris in Phek district. During this traditional festival the indigenous games, folk songs, folk dance and sports fully occupy the festive period of six days starting from 15 January in keeping with the Christian spirit. SÜKHRÜHNYE being a festival of sanctification, it is also marked as Children’s day. Water baptism can take place on this occasion. SÜKHRÜHNYE is a time of joyful celebration and so people do anticipate and yearn for the next to come.

TSÜKHENYIE : The TSÜKHENYIE Festival is also an important festival for the Chakhesang. Earlier it was usually celebrated at the end of the 3rd lunar month of March. But now it is being observed on 6th May. A new year of activities begins with the arrival of spring. All sports and games and other youth activities which began after the harvest will cease with the closing of the festival. The festival last for four days. On the first morning, the village priest will offer sacrifice with the first COCK that crowed that morning, Also, early that morning, all male folks (any male person who can is a spear) come to a designated Well (where only male folks are allowed) and purify themselves by bathing. This purification is important. Any acts not conforming to the sets rites and ceremonies will be frowned at and will bring bad luck to the person or the family. In this bathing ceremony, the rise only new Gourd dipper (for hauling water) especially set aside for this day, also put on the new dresses. After the bath is performed they invoke the Almighty for strength, long life, good harvest and other.

During this festival only the best (Unblemished) of the male domesticated animals will be slaughtered for consumption. No female livestock will be slaughtered. New wine will be prepared and used. The mean and other food prepared will be shared with the best friends (khwukhe or hachhi). Games and sports, music competition is organized among the different age groups after which feast is also organized among those different age groups.

During this festival, the married women go to their parent’s house and prepare the best food for their husbands. In some villages, the male youths will declare the most beautiful girl of the village for the year.

At the end of the festival, all the traditional games and music articles will be stored away (kehale – mekhi) and not used till the necessary rites are performed for their use in the next year's harvest festival. Even the plates which were used for presenting food to the spirits of the dead will be thrown till the next opening of such performances after the harvest (kehale-methsü). All leisure activities will be forbidden after this festival. As the festival ends with the invocation of a new blessing, all leisure activities will be left behind and concentrate only on the activities of the fields and other related activities. With it the sowing of paddy and planting of new seeds starts. TSÜKHENYIE is a festival which celebrates the culmination of all leisure activities and a festival for welcoming a new fruitful life and year.