Mage Parab is the principal festival celebrated among the Ho people of eastern India, and is also celebrated by the Munda people. It is not celebrated by any other Munda-speaking peoples like Juang, Gadab and is much less prominent to the Mundas than to the Hos.[1] It is held in the month of Mage ponai in honor of the deity Singbonga who, in the Ho creation myth, created Luku Kola, the first man on Earth.[2][3][4][5] It was first described in 1912 by Indian anthropologist Rai Bahadur Sarat Chandra Roy in his The Mundas and their Country.[6]
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- ↑ The Scheduled Tribes of India{{#if:Ghurye|, Ghurye}. Transaction Publishers(1 January 1980). ISBN 9781412838856
- ↑ Maghe Parab in W Singhbhum. The Avenue Mail. Vimal Agarwal(28 January 2016). Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ↑ Mage festival observed. The Avenue Mail. Vimal Agarwal(21 February 2016). Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ↑ Ho Community, Odisha. Kerai Entertainment(2015). Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ↑ Rituals And Festivals Of The Ho Tribe by Basanta Kumar Mohanta, Mohanta, Basanta Kumar. Tribal Instincts(2 March 2007). Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ↑ Tribal Festivals of Bihar: A Functional Analysis{{#if:Singh|, Singh}. Concept Publishing Company(1982)