The tribal people of Jharkhand, India have just celebrated their harvest festival, Sohrai. It is a festival associated with cattle and the deity of cattle. The horns and hoofs of cattle are annointed with oil diluted with sindoor (tumeric mixed with lime to produce a vibrant red pigment) and earthenware lamps are lighted in cattle sheds and in kitchen gardens. An important feature of the festival is the painting of the walls of houses with traditional mot