Harvest Festival Sweets
Harvest Festival Names around India
Harvest Festival General Facts
Harvest Festival Traditions around India
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Name this dessert:
Sweet Pongal/Chakkarai Pongal
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In Punjab, what is the Harvest Festival called?
Lohri
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Maharashtrians wear ____ colored clothing on this day. It is considered auspicious for women to wear a ______ coloured saree on this day and perform the ceremony of ‘haldi-kumkum’. In fact, this is the only festival in which people are allowed to wear ______. Otherwise, no other Indian Hindu festival permits the use of ______ in festivities.
The reason for wearing BLACK on Makar Sankranti is that this day comes when the winter season is at its peak, and the colour black retains and absorbs heat, thus, helping the body to keep warm
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Which indian state is the international kite festival held during this time?
Gujrat
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Name this dessert:
Carrot Halwa/ Gajar Ka Halwa
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In Andhra/Telangana, what is the Harvest Festival called?
Pedda Panduga
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The Harvest Festival celebrates these people's hardwork. What are they called?
Farmers!
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In Tamil Nadu, pots are filled with this dish. What is the dish called?
Pongal!
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Name this Dessert:
Ladoo/Til ke Laddu
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In Gujarat, what is the Harvest Festival called?
Uttarayan
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Dulla Bhatti is a famous folklore character of Sankranti in which state?
Punjab
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For the Harvest Festival, many people across India do this in the morning, usually in sacred rivers. What do they do?
They bathe in the water! 
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Name this dessert:
Kheer/Payasam
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In Assam, what is the Harvest Festival called?
Bihu
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Many places in India celebrate this animal during the Harvest Festival, and decorate the animal. What is the animal?
Cow! 
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In Kerla, devotees go to this temple for the Harvest Festival (Makaravilakku). What is the temple called?
Sabarimala Temple
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Name this dessert:
Chikki
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In many places across India, the Harvest Festival is called this name.
Makara Sankranti
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This a sport played in Tamil Nadu in the month of January, during Pongal.
It is similar to bull fighting. The player has to stop a bull with his bare hands and take the money tied to its horns. What is it called?
Jallikattu
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In Assam, people play a game called 'tekeli bhonga' for the Harvest Festival (Magh Bihu). The game is like playing with a Piñata, but the goal is not to break a Piñata, but this instead. What do you think she is trying to break?
She is trying to break a pot!