Karam festival
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Karam festival is a traditional harvest and fertility celebration of the Munda and other central Indian tribal communities, centered on worship of the Karam tree and communal singing, dancing, and rituals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Karam festival canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
festival
ⓘ
harvest festival ⓘ religious festival ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Karam deity
ⓘ
agricultural cycle ⓘ |
| celebratedBy |
Ho people
NERFINISHED
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Munda people NERFINISHED ⓘ Oraon people NERFINISHED ⓘ Santhal people NERFINISHED ⓘ central Indian tribal communities ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
preservation of tribal traditions
ⓘ
strengthening community bonds ⓘ |
| danceForm | traditional tribal dances ⓘ |
| languageOfSongs |
Kurukh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mundari NERFINISHED ⓘ other local tribal languages ⓘ |
| mainDeity | Karam tree NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| music |
folk songs
ⓘ
traditional drums ⓘ |
| observedBy | rural communities ⓘ |
| observedIn | villages ⓘ |
| participants |
men
ⓘ
women ⓘ youth ⓘ |
| purpose |
to ensure fertility of land
ⓘ
to protect community from misfortune ⓘ to seek blessings for good harvest ⓘ |
| region |
Chhattisgarh
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ⓘ
Jharkhand NERFINISHED ⓘ Madhya Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ Odisha NERFINISHED ⓘ West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Sarnaism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
indigenous tribal religions of central India ⓘ |
| ritual |
communal dancing
ⓘ
communal singing ⓘ invocation of Karam deity ⓘ night-long vigil ⓘ offerings of grains and flowers ⓘ worship of Karam tree branch ⓘ |
| season | post-monsoon ⓘ |
| symbol | Karam tree branch as representation of life and fertility ⓘ |
| theme |
agricultural prosperity
ⓘ
fertility ⓘ harvest ⓘ protection of crops ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.