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Updated: Jun 16, 2019, 06:10 PM IST

People in Odisha celebrate earth’s womanhood on concluding day of ‘Raja Festival’

A three-day festival ‘Raja Praba’ is being celebrated in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar. The festival celebrates the onset of monsoons and earth’s womanhood across the city. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended greetings to people of Odisha on the auspicious occasion. The festival which started as a tribal practice is based on the belief that Mother Earth menstruated for those three days and she is given a ceremonial bath on fourth day. While speaking to ANI, a local said, “It is a typical Odia festival for girls and women. To celebrate, we wear new clothes, go around with friends, eat traditional Odia food.”

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A three-day festival ‘Raja Praba’ is being celebrated in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar. The festival celebrates the onset of monsoons and earth’s womanhood across the city. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended greetings to people of Odisha on the auspicious occasion. The festival which started as a tribal practice is based on the belief that Mother Earth menstruated for those three days and she is given a ceremonial bath on fourth day. While speaking to ANI, a local said, “It is a typical Odia festival for girls and women. To celebrate, we wear new clothes, go around with friends, eat traditional Odia food.”

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