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Nuakhai Juhar festival is celebrated in which state?
A
Odisha
B
Chhattisgarh
C
Both A and B
D
None of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nuakhai is an agricultural festival mainly observed by people of Western Odisha in India. Nuakhai is observed to welcome the new rice of the season.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nuakhai is an annual harvest festival in Odisha. Nuakhai is celebrated to welcome the approaching new season and welcome the season’s new rice.

Detailed explanation-3: -An important festival for the farmers, Nuakhai, depicts the cultural diversity and hertiage of India. In Odisha, the festival is mostly observed in Sambalpur, Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Nabarangpur, Deogarh and Sundargarh. The festival is all about being grateful for the food.

Detailed explanation-4: -So, the festival of nuakhai is a festival to celebrate newly harvested food by the farmers. Nuakhai is an annual harvest festival in Odisha, celebrated to welcome the season’s new rice. Celebrated a day after Ganesh Chaturthi, Nuakhai is the most auspicious and important social festival in Western Odisha.

Detailed explanation-5: -The festival is celebrated by wearing new clothes and offering prayers to God, following which a feast is thrown and food prepared using newly harvested crops is consumed. The Nuakhai festival is the most famous social festival celebrated in the Western Odisha and nearby areas of Simdega in Jharkhand.

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