Tusgo/Navakhani Festival

Tusgo in Oraon and Navakhani in Sadri language would mean the taste of New Crops. The festival of Navakhani is widely celebrated among tribals not only in Jharkhand but in the whole of India. It is the Festival of the family members coming together, thanking Dharmesh(God) and eating the first produce of the year. It is celebrated widely with seasonal folk songs with certain rituals. The corn seeds are tenderly grown in the covered vessel or in the dark so to gain its yellowish look a week or two before the festival. As a part of the ritualistic celebration, people share their joy in putting the corn plants buy the side of the one anothor's ears and women on their hair. It is celebrated in the months of September - October.