jharkhand which festival is associated with cattle worship
Sohrai
title: Sohrai text: Sohrai Sohrai is a festival of the Indian states of Jharkhand , Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and West Bengal. It is a cattle festival and coincides with Diwali festival. People fast throughout the day and bathe cattle. In the evening, sacrifices are offered to the cattle deity. In Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand an indigenous art form is practised by the women. Ritualistic art is done on mud walls to welcome the harvest and to celebrate the cattle. The women clean their houses and decorate their walls with murals of Sohrai arts. This art form has continued since 10,000-4,000 BC. It was title: Culture of Jharkhand text: are eaten following the harvest. Sohrai is a cattle festival of Jharkhand's. It is celebrated during the Amavasya of the month of Kartik. It coincides with the Diwali festival. People fast throughout the day, and bathe their cattle. In the evening, sacrifices are offered to the cattle deity. Phaguwa or Holi is the spring festival which falls in the month of Phalgun. In spring, people collect sal flower blossoms and place them on their roofs. There are special songs and dance for this festival. The Sarna festival is celebrated in the month of Ashadha. In this festival, villagers offer sacrifices title: Sonepur Cattle Fair text: Sonepur Cattle Fair Sonpur Cattle Fair () is held on Kartik Poornima (the full moon day) in the month of November- December in Sonpur, Bihar, on the confluence of river Ganges and Gandak. It is also known as Harihar Kshetra Mela and it attracts visitors from all over Asia. Till date, it is the biggest cattle fair of Asia and stretches on from fifteen days to one month. It has its origins during ancient times. This is when Chandragupta Maurya (340 - 297 BCE) used to buy elephants and horses across the river Ganges. The Sonpur Cattle Fair once used title: Jhulan Purnima text: Jhulan Purnima Jhulan Yatra is one of the most important festivals for the followers of Lord Krishna celebrated in the monsoon month of Shravan. After Holi and Janmashthami, it is the biggest and most popular religious occasion of the Vaishnavas. Known for its spectacular display of decorated swings, song and dance, Jhulan is a joyful festival celebrating the Radha-Krishna amour coupled with the romantic fervor of the rainy season in India. It is celebrated in the month of Shraavana, which takes place in July and August on the Gregorian calendar. The 2017 date is August 3-7. Jhulan Yatra has been title: Tribes of Jharkhand text: the Karam deity as a symbol of ‘son’ which reveals the primitive expectation of human being (i.e., grains and children). The entire tribal area of Jharkhand becomes tipsy during this time. Hal punhya is a festival which begins with the fall of winter. The first day of Magh month, known as “Akhain Jatra” or “Hal Punhya”, considered as the beginning of ploughing. The farmers, to symbolize this auspicious morning plough two and half circles of their agricultural land this day is also considered as the symbol of good fortune. This festival comes to between the period of spring and summer.