Pola
Celebrated August, on Bhadrapad Amavasya
Majority Tribe
Gond, Muria, Halba (agrarian tribes)
Where is it celebrated ?
Across all farming villages of Bijapur
Unique Characteristics
Bullocks are bathed, their horns painted in vivid colours, and worshipped; children play with clay bull figurines (mati ke bail); traditional Chhattisgarhi sweets like thethri and khurmi are prepared