In the Tharu-dominated range, the Atwari celebration is being celebrated these days with unimaginable display. The Tharu community celebrates the celebration of Atwari, wishing for the incredible fortune of their sisters.
Men especially celebrate Atwari by fasting. It is standard for brothers and sisters to supplicate for the long life of their sisters without in fact drinking water and to venerate Bhima by fasting all day long and in the evening by burning incense in the fire of the salla.
Tharu culture ace Bejlal Choudhary says that after fasting, it is standard to offer Khurma made of wheat flour, bariya of unripe rice, roti and other dishes and characteristic items to the fire holiness, and disconnected a few for the sisters and eat the rest for the fasting person. Concurring to him, the nature-worshipping Tharu community especially celebrates this celebration by worshiping the sun. Surya is considered as a picture of light, fire and Shakti (energy).
The allocate spared by brothers for sisters is called Agrasan. On the minute day of Atwari, Vratalu eat Sidra of point and other dishes such as phulauri, banana, pataula, thatcha. Culture ace Chaudhary says that Atwari celebration is celebrated as a tremendous celebration by the Tharu community.
According to him, Atwari celebration is celebrated with uncommon centrality in Banke, Bardia, Kailali, Kanchanpur and other districts where the Tharu community lives.
Fish, Gangta, snails and other dishes are exceptionally cooked in the midst of Atwari celebration. On Sunday evening, everyone in the town joins together to make a incredible fire by chopping wood. He said, "They make a extraordinary fire by chopping wood and cook a single bread to offer Bhima in it. After the roti is cooked, all the fasting people take a shower and take portion in the puja.
The four brothers of the five Pandavas utilized to separated half of their allocate for Bhima a few time as of late eating, so moreover undoubtedly these days the Tharus eat as it were half of their allocate for Bhima in Atwari. On that day, fasting people do not eat salt and other nourishments that are considered trash food. In this celebration, the commitment of cooking food rests with the fasting man.
In Atwari, in the evening and in the morning, fasting people take out half from their person bundles. The require of this advancement has a put to the sisters of the fasting person. Chowdhury, a social ace, says that the Atwari celebration is as well called the gathering point of daughters-in-law and mother-in-law since the brothers and sisters exchange Atwari welcome when they are gone.
Barkimar enterprise of vanishing in Atwari festival
Barkimar is a song sung on Atwari celebration based on the story of Mahabharata. The Tharu community is concerned nearly the afterward vanishing of the Barkimar tune, which is related with the valor and control of Bhima among the five Pandavas.
Although Barkimar is synonymous with Atwari, it has been lost as of late due to require of captivated from the unused period, Chowdhury says, "Most of the myths indicated in the story of the Mahabharata can be found in the Tharu community. The tradition of performing divine consideration to accomplish the same control and quality as Bhima by performing commitment to the five Pandavas has been going on since outdated times, but in afterward times, the sharpen of singing Barkimar has vanished in various places.
He says that earlier Atwari celebration was utilized to highlight the social and sincere centrality, but as of late, as the present day time has ignored it, it has started to be taken as a outline of food and entertainment. He says, "Earlier, after worshiping at household, Agrasan Koseli was passed on in Chelibeti's house. But directly the one of a kind point of view has started to disappear.''
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