Mage Parab (or Mage Porob) is the principal festival celebrated among the Ho people of eastern India, and is also celebrated by the Munda and Bhumij people. It is not celebrated by any other Munda-speaking peoples like Juang, Gadab and is much less prominent to the Mundas (including Bhumijs) than to the Hos.[1] It is held in the month of Mage ponai (Magh month) 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] Locally, It is also called Magh Porob in some tribal villages.

References

  1. ^ Ghurye, Govind Sadashiv (1 January 1980). The Scheduled Tribes of India. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers. p. 267. ISBN 9781412838856.
  2. ^ "Maghe Parab in W Singhbhum". The Avenue Mail. Vimal Agarwal. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Mage festival observed". The Avenue Mail. Vimal Agarwal. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Ho Community, Odisha". Kerai Entertainment. 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  5. ^ Mohanta, Basanta Kumar (2 March 2007). "Rituals And Festivals Of The Ho Tribe by Basanta Kumar Mohanta". Tribal Instincts. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  6. ^ Singh, Ajit K. (1982). Tribal Festivals of Bihar: A Functional Analysis. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company. p. 18.


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