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E. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions: (10) January is an important month in most parts of India as we celebrate a good harvest. in North india, people celebrate Lohri and Makar Sankranti in the West Uttarayan. In Tamil Nadu, it is Pongal and there is Megha Bihu in the East. All over the country, there s joy and happiness as people gather together to celebrate the good times. In the states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and parts of Delhi and Jammu, the harvest festival of Lohri is observed in January, on a day when the month (according to regional calendar) in which the winter solstice takes place ends. It marks the end of winter and the harvest of rabi crops. The festival is celebrated by lighting bonfires around which people gather and toss sesame seeds, peanuts, sweets and puffed rice into the fire. Everyone sings folk songs and do the Bhangra dance. Celebrated as Bihu in Assam, it is a set of three festivals celebrated in a year, coinciding with three different phases of farming. Bohag (mid April), Kaati (mid October) and Magha (mid January). Bohag Bihu is the most popular of the three - marking the beginning of the harvest season, while Magha Bihu or Bhogali Bihu marks its end. After the harvest, the people get together as a community in temporarily erected houses made with thatch and dry plantation leaves known as Bhela ghar or Mell Ghar for an overnight celebration with singing, dancing and feasting. Early next morning, a fire is it with these materials. Traditional Assamese sweets like Laru and Pitha are made and greetinges are exchanged among the people of the community.
1. How is the festival of Lohri celebrated in North India? 2. What does this festival mark in the Northern states of India? 3. How is the harvest festival celebrated in Assam? 4. What does Bohag Bihu mark? 5 Give meanings of the following words: harvest b. thatch THE END​

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1. in North india, people celebrate Lohri and Makar Sankranti in the West Uttarayan.
2. It marks the end of winter and the harvest of rabi crops in the northern states.
3. in Assam, it is Celebrated as Bihu. it is a set of three festivals celebrated in a year, coinciding with three different phases of farming. Bohag (mid April), Kaati (mid October) and Magha (mid January).
4. Bohag Bihu is the most popular of the three - marking the beginning of the harvest season, while Magha Bihu or Bhogali Bihu marks its end. After the harvest, the people get together as a community in temporarily erected houses made with thatch and dry plantation leaves known as Bhela ghar or Mell Ghar for an overnight celebration with singing, dancing and feasting. Early next morning, a fire is it with these materials. Traditional Assamese sweets like Laru and Pitha are made and greetinges are exchanged among the people of the community.
5. a.the time of year when the grain, fruit, etc. is collected on a farm; the act of collecting the grain, fruit, etc. b.a roof covering of straw, reeds, palm leaves, or a similar material.

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