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Apr
28

Uttarakhand Jaatras (Processions): Hiljaatra (हिलजात्रा)

Jaatra

Jaat refers to procession; so whenever we talk of a jaat, it means huge gathering. This festive occasion is celebrated by farmers at the beginning of rainy season in the form of a folk drama wherein some people become bull, dear, goat, horse, milkman, curd-seller, farmer, grass cutter etc etc. Those participating as animals wear wooden masks of those animals. …

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