This Chhattisgarh tribal community celebrates Diwali feeding rice beer to cows, bulls

This Chhattisgarh tribal community celebrates Diwali feeding rice beer to cows, bulls

As different communities celebrate Diwali in various ways, this tribal community in Chhattisgarh observes the festival of lights by feeding cows and bulls rice beer, locally known as hadiya and drinking the same liquor themselves. Diwali for the Manjhi community in Mainpat and Surguja is celebrated by worshipping cows and bulls, followed by feeding the livestock with hadiya, a local traditional rice beer. Hadiya is made by first cooking rice and…