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GK QUESTION#428

What best represents the customs and symbolic meaning of the Fagli (Kus/Kuns) festival in Pattan Valley?

  1. ABaraza idol kept at shrines
  2. BPunha indoor symbolic ploughingCorrect answer
  3. CTotu offering on rooftops
  4. DKwari sweets with crow chants
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B. Punha indoor symbolic ploughing

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Fagli (Kus/Kuns) is celebrated in Pattan Valley, Himachal Pradesh, marking the end of winter and start of farming. The key ritual Punha involves symbolic indoor ploughing with willow sticks because fields are still snow-covered.

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