The festival of Gonds, an old tribal community in Chhattisgarh, Madai Festival is a means to meet relatives settled in different villages and purchase yearlong supplies of daily needs such as salt and cooking oil. Devotees sacrifice a goat beneath the sacred village tree to honor the tribal goddess; the night is marked with non-stop drinking and dancing.

Madai Festival is a moving festival and moves throughout the Kanker, Bastar and Dantewada regions from December to March. In Bastar Region the celebration of Madai Festival starts from December. In January the people of Kanker, Charama and Kurna celebrate the Madai festival. In the month of February Madai festival again goes to Bastar district and their the festival celebrated in the respect of Cheri-Chher-Kin.In the ending of February the Madai festival goes to Antagarh, Narayanpur and Bhanupratappur and in the month of March it goes to Kondagaon, Keshkal and bhopalpattanam.The best place to visit to attend the festival is Narayanpur in Bastar.