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Fairs & Festivals of Orissa |
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Bali Yatra
Exactly on the dates of Karam
Festival, the tribal people of Koraput observe
the festival of Bali Jatra. Beginning from the
eleventh day of the bright half of the month
of Bhadrab it continues upto the full-moon.
The beginning of the festival begins with
Nuakhia (first eating) feast on which new rice
is eaten. The festival takes the name for
planting of various grains in the wet sand
(Bali) brought from a nearby stream and is
placed on a structure called Balijatra or sand
house. This is an occasion for a number of
other celebrations too. Men and women put on
fancy dresses and rejoice with drinking,
feasting, dancing and singing. In some areas a
swing is set up with its seat studded with
sharp nails and on this a Bejju (witch doctor)
is made to swing. Goats, fowls and pigeons are
sacrificed. The Bejju then walks on the bed of
live charcoal. He dances in trance for all the
three days with intermittent rest during which
he propheses both good and evil portends to
grant boons to the people.
Peculiarly the ritual of swinging on a seat of
nails and fire-walking is observed by the
low-caste Hindus of the coastal areas during
the Pana Sankranti festival. It may be that
the tribal people have adopted the ritual from
the Hindus as such rituals are not in the
tradition of tribal culture.
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Religious Festivals
Major Religious Festivals:
Mahashiva Ratri, Durga Puja,
Ganesha
Chaturthi, Lakshmi
Puja, Deepavali,
Dusserah,
Dola
Purnima (Holi),
Akshyaya Trutiya,
Gahma
Purnima,
Makara
Sankranti, Ashokashtami,
Nuakhai,
Basanta
Panchami, Hingula
Yatra, Prathamastami,
Baseli Puja,
Janmastami,
Raja
Sankranti,
Chaitra
Parba, Kartika Purnima,
Rama Navami,
Khudurukuni
Osa, Savitri Brata,
Dhanu Yatra,
Kumar
Purnima, Shamba
Dasami, Sital Shashti,
Magha
Saptami,
Visuva
Samkranti,
Viswakarma
Puja.
Jagannath Temple Festivals
Major
Jagannath Temple Festivals:
Rath Yatra,
Chandan
Yatra,
Devasnana Purnima,
Basanta
Panchami,
Chitou
Amavasya, Nava
Kalebara.
Special festivals
Major Special Festivals:
Puri
Beach Festival,
Konark
Festival,
Kalinga
Mahotsav,
Raja Rani
Music Festival,
Shreekstra
Utsav, Ekamra Utsav,
Dhauli Mahatsova,
Folk Dance Festival,
Khandagiri Festival,
Konark Dance & Music
Festival,
Parab
Festival
Tribal Festivals
Major Tribal Festivals:
Chaita Parva,
Karama
Festival, Bali Jatra,
Sume-Gelirak,
Bija Pandu,
Kedu Festival,
Maghe Parab
Fairs & Exhibitions
Major Fairs & Exibitions:
Bali
Yatra, Magha Mela,
Taratarini
Mela, Joranda Mela,
Makar Mela
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