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Detailed explanation-1: -Q. Raja Parba, which was celebrated recently, is a famous festival of which state? Notes: Raja Parba, a 3-day festival celebrating womanhood is being celebrated across the state of Odisha.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bhubaneswar: Raja Parba or Mithuna Sankranti is a 3-day festival to honour womanhood which is celebrated across Odisha.

Detailed explanation-3: -Raja is an abbreviation used for Rajaswala (meaning a menstruating woman) and it is a day which is celebrated across Odisha and Odias living outside. It signifies the menstrual cycle of the earth similar to that of a woman. Similar to women, the earth is considered to be in a latent stage during these days.

Detailed explanation-4: -During all the three consecutive days, they are seen in the best of dresses and decorations, eating cakes and rich food at the houses of friends and relatives, spending long cheery hours, moving up and down on improvised swings, rending the village sky with their merry impromptu songs.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first day of Raja Parba is called ‘Pahili Raja’, the second day is ‘Raja Sankranti’ and the third is ‘Bhumi Dahana or Basi Raja’. The fourth day is called Vasumati Snana, or the ceremonial bath of Bhudevi.