Correct Answer - Option 1 : Plantation
The correct answer is Plantation.
- Harela is celebrated as a festival of greenery, peace, prosperity and environmental conservation in Uttarakhand.
- It is celebrated in the month of Shravan.
- People of the Kumaun region, associate greenery with prosperity.
- While people of Garhwal link it to the Barahnaza system (12 types of crops).
- Barahnaza system: It is a crop diversification technique followed in the region.
- The seeds of five to seven types of crops: maize, til (sesame), urad (black gram), mustard, oats are sown in donas (bowl made of leaves) yup
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nine days before the festival.
- They are harvested on the ninth day.
- The flourish of the crops symbolises prosperity in the year ahead.
- People make clay statues of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, known as Dikare, and worship them a day before the festival.
Other festivals in Uttarakhand:
- Phool Dei Festival,
- Bhitauli Festival,
- Ganga Dussehra Festival,
- Hill Jatra,
- Kangdali Festival,
- Nanda Devi Raj Jat.
Famous Fairs of Uttarakhand:
- Uttaryani Mela,
- Bissu Mela,
- Nandadevi Mela,
- Purnagiri Mela,
- Syalde Bikhauti Mela.
