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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Garia Puja canonical 8

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Statements (46)

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 (Bengali month) ⓘ
linked to: Chaitra month
typeOfWorship household worship ⓘ
village-level worship ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tripura → majorFestival → Garia Puja ⓘ
Agartala → hasFestival → Garia Puja ⓘ
Tripuri people → festival → Garia Puja ⓘ
Tripuri → traditionalFestival → Garia Puja ⓘ
Garia → honoredDuring → Garia Puja ⓘ
Jamatia community → hasFestival → Garia Puja ⓘ
Tipra → traditionalFestival → Garia Puja ⓘ
Tiprasa → festival → Garia Puja ⓘ