The famed tribal festival of Sammakka-Sarakka jatara will be conducted in February 2012 in Medaram village in Eturunagaram mandal in Warangal district.

The jatara, which is held every two years, will be organised for four days from February eighth, next year. The decision was taken at a meeting by the organising committee along with the district officials on Thursday. Lakhs of tribal throng the jatara from all corners of the country.

While tribes from Warangal, Khammam, Adilabab and other districts of AP swarm the village for the four-day jatara, people from Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra will also come in thousands to take part in the festival. The tribal pitch make-shift tents in and around the village during the jatara and worship the tribal goddesses of Sammakka and Sarakka.