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- Nuakhai has been celebrated on 20 September.
- Nuakhai is an agricultural festival mainly observed by the people of Odisha in India.
- It is observed to welcome the new rice of the season.
- It is celebrated on the panchami tithi (the fifth day) of the lunar fortnight of the month of Bhadrapada.
- It is also celebrated in some areas of Jharkhand and Chattisgarh.
- Nuakhai is also called Nuakhai Parab or Nuakhai Bhetghat. It is a festival for the worship of food grain
- The word nua means new and Khai means food so farmers celebrate this festival to welcome new crops.
- The festival begins with the offering of the new rice to the gods.
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