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Medaram Jatara - National Festival
January 10 , 2018
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- The union government is likely to declare Medaram’s Sammakka-Sarakka/Saralamma Jatara a national festival this year.
- Sammakka-Sarakka Jatara held by forest dwelling Koya tribe of Telangana and surrounding States, is the biggest Tribal festival in Asia which is attended by one crore people on an average.
- Once declared a national festival, Jatara can be considered for ‘intangible cultural heritage of humanity’ tag of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
- The event is held bi-annually to honour the twin goddesses Sammakka and her daughter Sarakka.
- Medaram is a remote place in the Etur nagaram Wildlife Sanctuary, a part of Dandakaranya, the largest surviving forest belt in the Deccan.
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