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The festival of Marabats and Badgyas celebrated in______directly confronts social evils and criticise their perpetrators through a procession with effigies.

A

Jabalpur

B

Panaji

C

Nagpur

D

Hyderabad

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The festival of Marabats and Badgyas is celebrated in Nagpur directly confronts social evils and criticises their perpetrators through a procession with effigies. In the evening a festival of toy bulls, called .Tanha Pola., is celebrated by children. Marabat and Badgyas are female and male representations respectively.
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