The four-day Central Solung festival celebration, the agricultural festival of the Adi community, began at Gidii Notko with traditional fervour and gaiety on Tuesday.

About Solung festival:

The festival is celebrated in the first week of September, after the sowing of seeds, to seek prosperity and a good harvest. The main celebration of the festivals are in three main parts – Sopi—Yekpi (the first part and the sacrificial day), Binnayat (the second part, the ritual offering to goddess of crops, Kine Nane) and Ekop (also called Taktor; the ritual made for protection against harms by evil spirits)

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