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Boori Boot - Hill Miris Festival
The Boori Boot festival is exclusively performed by the Hill-Miris. The
festival usually falls in February. Boori Boot means to get together irrespective
of age, sex, caste to hail the spring and successful harvest. The festival
also invokes the spirit of Boori Boot to bless them with prosperity and
free from diseases of any kind. The festival is performed collectively.
The young members do all the work under the elders guidance. The Nibu
(priest) performs Puja as well as conduct sacrifice. 'Etting' is profusely
applied on one and all. The festival is of three days duration.
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