Festivals
All the festivals are celebrated here with full of joy and happiness. The major festivals are like Durga puja, Kali puja and Mahalaya. The whole city is decorated during diwali.
Tribe Santal's major festival is Bandna or Bandana( it is called as "SAHARAI parab" by the Santals)which is celebrated in the bengalimonth of "kartik" or "Poush" month. In this festival they play music, dance together and eat meat based special dishes like "Manser Pitha". They also take local liquor as a part of their culture named "Hadia".The SAHARAI parab is celebrated during four days,like (a) UMM (1ST DAY) (b) Daka (2nd day) (c) KHUNTAU (3rd day) and (d) JALE (4th day).
'Bhadu' is another festival started by Panchakot Raj of Kashipur after the death of King's daughter named Bhadrabati and now days it is enjoyed by the local mass.
Karma is a tribe festival in Purulia where tribal people worship the tree whose local name is 'Karam'. Poila Baisakh (The first day of Bengali new year) is also observed in Purulia with full enthusiasm by the local people with religious culture and Chhou dance.
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