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  2. Chikhal Kalo - Wikipedia

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    The word Chikhal Kalo means “Mud Bath.” and the celebration pays homage to the profound bond shared between the farming community of Goa and Mother Earth. [3] [4] In the festival, people smear oil to the body and play in the mud replicating the games played by Lord Krishna as a child. The festival is attended by both locals and tourists.

  3. List of English words from Indigenous languages of the Americas

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    Most words of Native American/First Nations language origin are the common names for indigenous flora and fauna, or describe items of Native American or First Nations life and culture. Some few are names applied in honor of Native Americans or First Nations peoples or due to a vague similarity to the original object of the word.

  4. Shantadurga Kalangutkarin Temple - Wikipedia

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    The main festival of the temple is called as Shishirotsav (popularly known as Shigmo). It is a 10-day celebration and includes procession of deities in different Vahanas with other rituals like kalotsav, Homa, Dhwajarohana, Gulalotsava, Rathotsava, etc. Navaratri; Vasant Panchami; Akshay Tritiya

  5. Shigmo - Wikipedia

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    Dhakto Shigmo can be considered mainly as a festival of folk songs and folk dances, [1] while Vhadlo Shigmo is considered a festival performed in the village temple. [1] It is celebrated in different temples on different dates around the same period. On the first day, the village deity is bathed and dressed in saffron robes. [4]

  6. Language festival - Wikipedia

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  7. Kala language - Wikipedia

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    The voiced alveolar fricative [z] only exists in the dialects spoken in Apoze and Lambu villages.. In 2010, anthropologists from the University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus, worked in a collaborative project with the Kala Language Committee, a group of individuals concerned with strengthening Kala language amongst their communities, to decide on a Kala orthographic system.

  8. Keapara language - Wikipedia

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    Keapara is an Oceanic language of Papua New Guinea. It is close to, but distinct from, its neighbour Hula . It has been strongly influenced by Papuan languages .

  9. Nyokum - Wikipedia

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    The Word Nyokum has been derived from the combination of two words - Nyok means land and Kum means collectiveness or togetherness. Therefore, the Nyokum festival may very well be interpreted as inviting all the Gods and Goddesses of the universe, with the Nyokum Goddess as the principal deity, to a particular venue at a particular time. The ...