Practices &festival of kiranti people

Kirats practice shamanism and their rituals are mostly related to the worship of mother nature and ancestors. Almost all sacred rituals are performed by nakchong, the kirat priest.
Sakela is the main festival of Kirat which is celebrated twice a year distinguished by two names Ubhauli and Udhauli. Sakela Ubhauli is celebrated during Baisakh Purnima (full moon day, which lies in the month of Baisakh in calenders of the Indian Subcontinent.) and Sakela Udhauli is celebrated during the full moon day in the month of Mangshir. Sakela celebration is the prayer to Goddess of Nature for good crops and protection from natural calamities.

The celebration of Sakela is also known as Chandi Nach. On Chandi Nach, they worship Durga, who is known to them as Chandi, or Chandika.(Worship of Durga among the Himalayan Kiratas is written in the Harivamsha Purana. Durga Puja is performed by them.

Tihar is another festival that was added first in the Veda. It is also known as Deepavali and Lakshmi Puja.
Shravan is another festival.

Kirantis celebrating the festival Sakela
Their supreme deity Tagera Nyingmaphuma is personified as Lord Shiva.

Many followers wear a tilak on the forehead, as in Hinduism, when they recite their sacred text, the Kiranti Veda.