"Ka Aitnar"

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15 July 2025

People from the Pnar community move around a Rot themed to stop women harassment as they celebrate an event organized to mark the Behdienkhlam festival in Jowai, India, on July 14, 2025. Behdienkhlam is a vibrant annual festival celebrated by the Pnar (Jaintia) community of Meghalaya, especially in Jowai, to drive away plague and diseases and to pray for a good harvest. Observed in July after the sowing season, it features traditional rituals, offerings to ancestral spirits, and the grand procession of beautifully decorated bamboo structures called ''rots,'' which are later immersed in a sacred muddy pool known as Ka Aitnar.

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15 July 2025

People from the Pnar community move around a Rot-themed Operation Sindoor as they celebrate an event organized to mark the Behdienkhlam festival in Jowai, India, on July 14, 2025. Behdienkhlam is a vibrant annual festival celebrated by the Pnar (Jaintia) community of Meghalaya, especially in Jowai, to drive away plague and diseases and to pray for a good harvest. Observed in July after the sowing season, it features traditional rituals, offerings to ancestral spirits, and the grand procession of beautifully decorated bamboo structures called ''rots,'' which are later immersed in a sacred muddy pool known as Ka Aitnar.

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15 July 2025

People from the Pnar community move around a Rot-themed AI technology as they celebrate an event organized to mark the Behdienkhlam festival in Jowai, India, on July 14, 2025. Behdienkhlam is an annual festival celebrated by the Pnar (Jaintia) community of Meghalaya, especially in Jowai, to drive away plague and diseases and to pray for a good harvest. Observed in July after the sowing season, it features traditional rituals, offerings to ancestral spirits, and the grand procession of decorated bamboo structures called ''rots,'' which are later immersed in a sacred muddy pool known as Ka Aitnar.

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15 July 2025

People from the Pnar community march in a circle as they celebrate an event organized to mark the Behdienkhlam festival in Jowai, India, on July 14, 2025. Behdienkhlam is a vibrant annual festival celebrated by the Pnar (Jaintia) community of Meghalaya, especially in Jowai, to drive away plague and diseases and to pray for a good harvest. Observed in July after the sowing season, it features traditional rituals, offerings to ancestral spirits, and the grand procession of beautifully decorated bamboo structures called ''rots,'' which are later immersed in a sacred muddy pool known as Ka Aitnar.

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