This festival is an annual ritual of the Dongrias on the Niyamgiri mountains as well as other tribal groups residing at the foothill. On the top of the mountain where Vedanta hopes to dig for bauxite, the adivasis worship their prime deities: Niyam Raja and Dharani Penu, among other deities. These annual rituals are also a political statement by the Dongrias to defy Vedanta's infamous argument that the mountain top is of no use to the tribe. The Dongrias also know that if bauxite is taken out, the entire mountain range would turn into desert. That is why, they consider these rituals also as an act of assertion for their rights to livelihoods, religious freedom, and dignity. Will the State also ever consider to uphold people's democratic rights???
KBKSamachar
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