Explained | Significance of Telangana’s tribal fair Sammakka-Sarakka jatara
The Hindu
Event symbolises traditions and heritage of Koya tribal people
Medaram, a tiny village in Telangana’s tribal heartland of Mulugu district, is getting ready to host the Sammakka-Sarakka jatara, billed as the country’s biggest tribal fair, to commemorate a tribal revolt led by Sammakka and Saralamma, a mother-daughter duo, against levy of taxes on tribal people during drought conditions by the then Kakatiya rulers in the 12th century.
The mega four-day jatara, scheduled to begin on February 16 in Medaram, is perhaps the only tribal fair devoted to pay tribute to tribal warriors who made supreme sacrifices defending the rights of aboriginal tribal people. It takes place once in two years.
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