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Arunachal Pradesh
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Mizoram
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Meghalaya
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Manipur
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Detailed explanation-1: -Solung is the most popular festival of the Adis of Arunachal Pradesh which is celebrated on September 1 every year. Though primarily an agro-based festival, it also reflects the socio-religious features of the people.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Solung festival is a popular agriculture festival celebrated by the Adi tribe in the Arunachal Pradesh.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Adi celebrate a number of festivals, in particular, their prime festivals are Aran, Donggin, Solung, Podi Barbii and Etor. Solung is observed in the first week of September for five days or more. It is a harvest festival performed after the sowing of seeds and transplantation, to seek for future bumper crops.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Adi are subsistence farmers who live in the foothills of the Himalayas in the far north east of India. Even today, many of the tribe have never met a European-their home is in Arunachal Pradesh which, until recently, was the only Indian state which was closed to foreigners.
Detailed explanation-5: -Solung is a manifestation of the ‘Adi’ festival culture in Arunachal Pradesh.