Tusu Festival
Tusu Festival is a folk festival held on the last day of the Hindu month of Paush, i.e., Makar Sankranti. It is mainly river centric.It is a unifying form of common faith and belief of the agrarian society in joy of harvesting crops. At the end of the festivities, the immersion of the image of Tusu is done vividly and with songs which have a melancholic ring. Rural fairs are also organised during the festival. The festival Tusu, is mostly celebrated in Southwest of West Bengal, Southeast of Jharkhand, Northeastern Odisha as well in the Tea-State of Assam.
| Tusu parab | |
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| Observed by | Tribal people of Eastern India |
| Type | Cultural |
| Significance | worship of Goddess Tusmani |
| Celebrations | crops harvesting |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Related to | Makar Sankranti |
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| Culture of Bengal |
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