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- Description: The Charhak Puja is held on the last days of the Bengali month Chaitra (April) called Chatitra Sangkranti. Farmers celebrate this festival with the devotees singing and dancing without any care. This Hindu religious festival is well-known for its rites of body piercing and swirling from a high pole. The root of this ritual lies in the belief in spirits and the cult of rebirth. Its rites suggest ancient ritual of human sacrifice.
- Credits: Md. Akhlas - (Bangladesh) Uddin/Majority World
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- Description: The Charhak Puja is held on the last days of the Bengali month Chaitra (April) called Chatitra Sangkranti. Farmers celebrate this festival with the devotees singing and dancing without any care. This Hindu religious festival is well-known for its rites of body piercing and swirling from a high pole. The root of this ritual lies in the belief in spirits and the cult of rebirth. Its rites suggest ancient ritual of human sacrifice.
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- Image Description: The Charhak Puja is held on the last days of the Bengali month Chaitra (April) called “Chatitra Sangkranti”. Farmers celebrate this festival with the devotees singing and dancing without any care. This Hindu religious festival is well-known for its rites
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