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Nouka Baich Boat Race:
✅It is a traditional boat race of West Bengal.
✅The races occur in the month of September across riverine Bengal, when the river waters are swollen during the last weeks of the monsoons.
✅They continue till September, sometimes till October, even November in some places.
✅These boat races were previously dominated by male but in the recent years one can see participation of women too.
✅These boat races in southern West Bengal are particularly linked with the worship of the Hindu deity Manasa, the goddess of snakes.
✅The worship of Manasa is the worship of snakes. And the local deity most commonly worshipped in rural south Bengal is Manasa, a deity worshipped by agrarian communities.
✅Type of boats used
In this race four to five kinds of traditional boats are used for the races.
✅Other boats that are commonly used for races in Bengal include the Chhip, Kaile Bachhhari, Chande Bachhari, Chitoi and Sorpi.
✅A special type boat called Sorengi which is about 90 ft long which imitates nature is also seen in these races.
✅It is a traditional boat race of West Bengal.
✅The races occur in the month of September across riverine Bengal, when the river waters are swollen during the last weeks of the monsoons.
✅They continue till September, sometimes till October, even November in some places.
✅These boat races were previously dominated by male but in the recent years one can see participation of women too.
✅These boat races in southern West Bengal are particularly linked with the worship of the Hindu deity Manasa, the goddess of snakes.
✅The worship of Manasa is the worship of snakes. And the local deity most commonly worshipped in rural south Bengal is Manasa, a deity worshipped by agrarian communities.
✅Type of boats used
In this race four to five kinds of traditional boats are used for the races.
✅Other boats that are commonly used for races in Bengal include the Chhip, Kaile Bachhhari, Chande Bachhari, Chitoi and Sorpi.
✅A special type boat called Sorengi which is about 90 ft long which imitates nature is also seen in these races.
🔆VANUATU
✅ Why in news: The government of Vanuatu will soon settle into a suite of new buildings funded by China, a move which has reignited concerns about Beijing’s reach in the South Pacific nation.
Vanuatu :
✅Vanuatu is an island country consisting of a chain of 13 principal and many smaller islands located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
✅These islands are situated approximately east of Australia.
✅The islands extend north-south in an irregular Y shape.
✅The northernmost group is the Torres Islands, and southward from there, the main islands include Vanua Lava, Santa Maria (Gaua), Espiritu Santo, Aoba (Ambae), Maéwo, Pentecost, Malakula, Ambrym, Épi, Éfaté, Erromango, Tanna, and Anatom.
✅Formerly the jointly administered Anglo-French condominium of the New Hebrides, Vanuatu achieved independence in 1980.
✅The capital, largest city, and commercial centre is Port-Vila (Vila), on Éfaté.
✅ Why in news: The government of Vanuatu will soon settle into a suite of new buildings funded by China, a move which has reignited concerns about Beijing’s reach in the South Pacific nation.
Vanuatu :
✅Vanuatu is an island country consisting of a chain of 13 principal and many smaller islands located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
✅These islands are situated approximately east of Australia.
✅The islands extend north-south in an irregular Y shape.
✅The northernmost group is the Torres Islands, and southward from there, the main islands include Vanua Lava, Santa Maria (Gaua), Espiritu Santo, Aoba (Ambae), Maéwo, Pentecost, Malakula, Ambrym, Épi, Éfaté, Erromango, Tanna, and Anatom.
✅Formerly the jointly administered Anglo-French condominium of the New Hebrides, Vanuatu achieved independence in 1980.
✅The capital, largest city, and commercial centre is Port-Vila (Vila), on Éfaté.
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#River_series
#Kaveri_River #Cauvery_River
🔆Kaveri/ Cauvery river
✅It rises in the Brahmagiri range near Cherangala village of Kodagu (Coorg) district of Karnataka and drains into the Bay of Bengal.
✅It is bounded by Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats and by the ridges separating it from Krishna basin and Pennar basin.
✅It is the third largest river – after Godavari and Krishna – in South India
✅the largest river in the State of Tamil Nadu
✅Cauvery basin extends over states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and UT of Puducherry.
Tributaries:
✅ Left Bank: the Harangi, the Hemavati, the Shimsha and the Arkavati.
✅ Right Bank: Lakshmantirtha, the Kabbani, the Suvarnavati, the Bhavani, the Noyil and the Amaravati.
✅On the Cauvery, lies the “Grand Anicut dam” said to have been constructed by Chola King in 1st century A.D.
✅Imp dams : Krishna Raja Sagara dam, Mettur
#Kaveri_River #Cauvery_River
🔆Kaveri/ Cauvery river
✅It rises in the Brahmagiri range near Cherangala village of Kodagu (Coorg) district of Karnataka and drains into the Bay of Bengal.
✅It is bounded by Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats and by the ridges separating it from Krishna basin and Pennar basin.
✅It is the third largest river – after Godavari and Krishna – in South India
✅the largest river in the State of Tamil Nadu
✅Cauvery basin extends over states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and UT of Puducherry.
Tributaries:
✅ Left Bank: the Harangi, the Hemavati, the Shimsha and the Arkavati.
✅ Right Bank: Lakshmantirtha, the Kabbani, the Suvarnavati, the Bhavani, the Noyil and the Amaravati.
✅On the Cauvery, lies the “Grand Anicut dam” said to have been constructed by Chola King in 1st century A.D.
✅Imp dams : Krishna Raja Sagara dam, Mettur