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.

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Label Occurrences
Karam festival canonical 5

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf festival ⓘ
harvest festival ⓘ
religious festival ⓘ
associatedWith Karam deity ⓘ
agricultural cycle ⓘ
celebratedBy Ho people ⓘ
Munda people ⓘ
linked to: Munda peoples

Oraon people ⓘ
linked to: Oraon

Santhal people ⓘ
linked to: Santal people

central Indian tribal communities ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalSignificance preservation of tribal traditions ⓘ
strengthening community bonds ⓘ
danceForm traditional tribal dances ⓘ
languageOfSongs Kurukh ⓘ
Mundari ⓘ
other local tribal languages ⓘ
mainDeity Karam tree ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
Odisha ⓘ
linked to: Orissa

West Bengal ⓘ
religion Sarnaism ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Munda → festival → Karam festival ⓘ
Oraon → hasFestival → Karam festival ⓘ
Bhumij → festival → Karam festival ⓘ
Ho people → traditionalFestival → Karam festival ⓘ
Bhumij people → festival → Karam festival ⓘ