Garia Puja

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Garia Puja is a traditional spring festival of Tripura centered on the worship of the deity Garia for prosperity, good harvest, and communal well-being.

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Label Occurrences
Garia Puja canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu folk festival
religious festival
spring festival
associatedWith agrarian communities
agricultural cycle
folk traditions of Tripura
celebratedBy Tripuri people
indigenous communities of Tripura
celebratedIn Tripura
country India
culturalSignificance preservation of Tripuri indigenous culture
strengthening community bonds
danceTradition group dances
duration several days
featuresRitual animal sacrifice in some communities
drumming
folk songs
offerings of rice beer
traditional dances
worship of bamboo pole representing Garia
hasSymbol bamboo pole
chicken
drum
rice beer gourd
languageContext Kokborok-speaking communities
mainDeity Garia
musicTradition folk drumming
observedBy Halam community
Jamatia community
Reang community
purpose communal well-being
good harvest
prosperity
protection from misfortune
welfare of livestock
region Northeast India
relatedConcept agrarian fertility rites
nature worship
religion Hinduism
season spring
socialFunction collective feasting
youth socialization
timeOfYear April
Chaitra month
surface form: Chaitra (Bengali month)
typeOfWorship household worship
village-level worship

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Tripura majorFestival Garia Puja
Agartala hasFestival Garia Puja
Tripuri people festival Garia Puja