Agalmaka
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Agalmaka (transl. The ceremony on the ash-covered ground.) is a spring festival of the Garo people in India. They celebrate it in March in a new field called "A'dal" to improve soil and ensure good crops with offerings.[1] After burning debris for farming, they do a ritual to purify the new field.[2][3]
The festival is led by the village priest, Nokma. He asks the Sun god "Misi Saljong" and the god of the rice paddy "Mima Kiri Rokkime" to bless the village.[4] Agalmaka means a ritual on ashes-covered ground.[3][5]