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GK QUESTION#506

The traditional Sohrai festival, widely celebrated by tribal communities in Jharkhand, is mainly centered around which of the following practices?

  1. AThe veneration of mountain peaks
  2. BThe worship and honoring of cattleCorrect answer
  3. CCommemorating the birth of historical tribal leaders
  4. DPerforming rituals for the protection of river spirits
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B. The worship and honoring of cattle

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The worship and honoring of cattle. Sohrai is a harvest festival of Jharkhand, celebrated by tribes like Santals and Mundas in Kartik, honoring cattle and nature. It features Sohrai murals and rituals showing human–animal harmony.

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