Pusnâ is one of the most important festivals celebrated by the Hajong people on or around January 14. In 2016, the festival falls on January 15. Pusnâ is a solar event making one of the few traditional Hajong festivals which fall on the same date in the Gregorian calendar every year, that is January 14, with some exceptions when the festival is celebrated on January 13 or 15. It is the celebration of Sankranthi, with feasts lasting for a week. Traditionally, Pusnâ is also a time for the family to get together. One activity that occurs during these get-togethers is the making and eating of Pi-thâ. Pi-thâs are made of glutinous rice flour.
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| - Pusnâ is one of the most important festivals celebrated by the Hajong people on or around January 14. In 2016, the festival falls on January 15. Pusnâ is a solar event making one of the few traditional Hajong festivals which fall on the same date in the Gregorian calendar every year, that is January 14, with some exceptions when the festival is celebrated on January 13 or 15. It is the celebration of Sankranthi, with feasts lasting for a week. Traditionally, Pusnâ is also a time for the family to get together. One activity that occurs during these get-togethers is the making and eating of Pi-thâ. Pi-thâs are made of glutinous rice flour. (en)
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| - Spring Cake Festival (en)
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| - A day before the Sun begins its movement away from the Tropic of Capricorn (en)
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| - Makar Sankranti and Poi Sangken of Thailand and other South-East Asian countries (en)
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| - Marks the arrival of spring (en)
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| - Rice cakes eaten during Pusnâ. The round ones are called Tel Pi-thâ and the rice cake shaped like the half-moon are stuffed with sesame seeds and jaggery and are called Chore Pi-thâ, literally meaning rooster rice cake. (en)
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| - Pusnâ is one of the most important festivals celebrated by the Hajong people on or around January 14. In 2016, the festival falls on January 15. Pusnâ is a solar event making one of the few traditional Hajong festivals which fall on the same date in the Gregorian calendar every year, that is January 14, with some exceptions when the festival is celebrated on January 13 or 15. It is the celebration of Sankranthi, with feasts lasting for a week. Traditionally, Pusnâ is also a time for the family to get together. One activity that occurs during these get-togethers is the making and eating of Pi-thâ. Pi-thâs are made of glutinous rice flour. (en)
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| - Visiting relatives and friends, ancestor worship, honouring the Sun, harvest feasts with rice cakes and rice wine (en)
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