Consider the following : Festival State Chapchar Kut festival Arunachal Pradesh Yangli Festival Assam Solung Festival Mizoram How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched ?

The correct answer is option 1. In News Regional festivals : Chapcharkut Festival - Mizoram The Chapchar Kut festival is one of the most important festivals celebrated in Mizoram, India. It marks the period of halt in the jhum (slash-and-burn) cultivation process. During Chapchar Kut, Mizos thank their gods for the previous year’s harvest and seek blessings for the year ahead. It is a spring festival celebrated with much enthusiasm and joy, involving traditional dances, music, and community feasting. The festival showcases the rich cultural heritage of the Mizo people. Hence pair 1 is incorrectly matched. Yangli Festival - Assam The Yangli festival, also known as the Lakshmi Puja is celebrated by the Tiwa tribe of Assam. The Tiwa community mainly depends on agriculture as their main livelihood and this festival is also related to the same. This festival is celebrated once every five years by the members of the community. Hence pair 2 is correctly matched. ​ Solung Festival - Arunachal Pradesh Solung is one of the most popular festivals of the Adi tribe in Arunachal Pradesh. This agricultural festival is celebrated with great pomp and show in the f irst week of September every year, lasting for about five days. Solung is primarily a thanksgiving festival to nature and the Almighty for blessing the land with good harvests. Various ri tuals are performed to worship the goddess of crops and the god of domestic animals to protect the grains from pests and animals. Hence pair 2 is incorrectly matched. Therefore the correct answer is option 1 (Only one pair is correctly matched).