NCERT Solutions for Class 4 EVS Chapter 20

Mehendi is generally applied on the hands and feet by the girls on various functions and festivals. It is also applied on the bride and groom a few days before their marriage. It is considered a sign of good luck. It shows the love and affected between the couple and their families. It is also applied by the girls or women to colour their hair as it gives shine and improves the quality of air.

Eating Together is very important as it helps to build relationships as we get time spend time together. It helps us to bond together and connect with each other by sharing and learning new things. It fosters warmth, love, security as well as a feeling of belongingness.

The school can organize get togethers and class parties on various festivals and functions which provide an opportunity to the children to develop social skills like sharing and caring. It is alo helpful in teaching children table manners and healthy and nutritious food is eaten by the children which makes them strong. It also gives a feeling of equality and belongingness to all.

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Bihu is a harvest festival of Assam wherein people enjoy community feast. Lot of arrangements are done for its celebration. Bihu is one of the most important festivals of Assam. It marks the transformation of the season. It is celebrated with lots of fun and enjoyment from the Assamese people.

During these days, people celebrate by wearing traditional clothes like dhoti, gamosa, and mekhela. People also sing traditional folk songs dedicated to Bihu. Assamese celebrate it with feasts, music and dancing. Some hang brass, copper or silver pots on poles in front of their house, while children wear flower garlands then greet the new year.

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The two types of rice cooked are Bora and Cheva during Bihu. They are the common varieties of rice used in Assam. These are ‘sticky’ rice.

The Bihu dance is a folk dance of Assam performed on the Bihu festival. The dancers wear Assamese traditional dress. Dance is performed by young men and women. Bihu which is celebrated in the month of April marks the spring and is a harvest festival.

Pongal, the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu is the ‘thanksgiving’ festival’ because this festival is celebrated to thank the Sun God and Lord Indra for helping the farmers in getting better-yielding crops. During the festival, people reject old belongings and welcome new stuff. People cook Ven Pongal,Payasam and murruku on this day.

The people is a big vessel in which the Assamese boil water during Bihu. On this vessel, they put the Kadhahi that contains soaked rice which is covered with banana leaves.

Mezi are special huts made using bamboo and hay and they are used in their harvest festival when people gather in the mezi and celebrate the festival. After the celebration is over, they burn mezi and offer prayers.

Mid-day meal is important as it improves the nutritional status of the children, provides a healthy meal, ensures that children attend the school regularly. As everybody eats the same food together, it develops a feeling of oneness.

Mid-day meal is a wholesome freshly-cooked lunch served to children in government and government-aided schools in India. The food provided to the students is hot, properly cooked, fresh and hygienic.

Every day during lunch the children changed their places in the circle and sat next to a different child so that the children could talk to each other, become friends and meet each other. It was done to make everyone comfortable and develop a feeling of oneness amongst the children.

If the children were coming to the school without eating anything, they were either not able to pay attention on what was being taught or their concentration span was very low. Thus to encourage the children from the poor families to come to school and get educated and to improve their concentration or attention span, mid-day meal was helpful.

The night before Bihu is ‘Uruka’, when people gather around a bonfire, cook dinner and celebrate. The festival Uruka is observed in the Assam state. It is celebrated in the mid-January one night before Bihu. This festival is dedicated to Lord Agni. Uruka feasting may be either a communal or a family affair. People also make delicious rice cakes known by various names such as Sunga Pitha, Til Pith and coconut laddoos.

Mekhela Chador is a type of saree that comprises two pieces of cloth, draped on the top and bottom, which is the traditional dress worn by the women of Assam. The mekhela is folded into pleats to the right around the waist and is tucked in. These Mekhela Chadars are handwoven from the purest material available, by weavers of Assam.

Around 46% of children who belong to low-income families have to go to school without eating anything due to poverty, non-availability of food at home, lack of jobs or because jobs pay too little due to which they cannot afford three-time meal and thus this hunger negatively impacts their academic performance.

The highest court of India decided that all the children in primary school in government and government aided schools should be provided with hot, cooked food to improve the effectiveness of primary education and the nutritional status of the children. This is the right of every child and no child should be deprived of the same.