Teej

Teej is a festival celebrated by Nepali women for the long life of their husband and long and firm relationship between them until the death this life and all the lives to come.Teej is observed for marital happiness, well-being of spouse and children and purification of own body and soul. Teej is  the most famous festival among Nepali women. 


  The folk music and dances add more flavor to traditional values of Teej.It is fascinating to see women, in “Red” dancing and singing on the street, going to temple in holy and fasting mood. Teej is also called Hari Talika Teej. This festival is celebrated by Nepali Hindu women all across the world.Teej is a small red insect that comes out of the soil during the rainy season. It is said Teej got its name from the same red insects.That is why Teej is celebrated in red.Teej is celebrated on 5th day  of Bhadra.It generally falls in late August or early September. Teej is traditionally dedicated to the Goddess Parvati,   remembering her union with Lord Shiva. It is a three-day-long celebration that combines splendid feasts as well as rigid fasting. The first day of Teej is called Dar Khane Din.On this day all the family members especially the women,both married and unmarried gather at one place, in the finest outfits of red and start dancing and singing devotional songs mixed with Nepali folk and Dohori songs. This evening the grand feast takes places.The grand feast is called"DAR".The fun often goes on till midnight ,after midnight the 24 hours fasting starts.Women who go in fasting the very next day eat a very big feast daro khane that means a heavy food in Nepali  it is said daro khane became dar. 

Second day is the main day of teej the fasting day.Some women take it so rigid, they even live without a piece of food or a drop of water while some of others takes liquid and fruits.On this day, they happily dress in red, married women wear their lagan ko pote, nathhi, other jewelries and chadke tilahari ( jewelries are optional but chadke tilahari, laganko pote and natthi is said to be most important) and visit a nearby Lord Shiva’s temple singing and dancing all the way.On this day, they happily dress in red, married women wear their lagan ko pote, nathhi, other jewelries and chadke tilahari ( jewelries are optional but chadke tilahari, laganko pote and natthi is said to be most important) and visit a nearby Lord Shiva’s temple singing and dancing all the way.Women get up early in the dawn and get cleaned and do the puja once again to the diyo and goddess Parvati. The most important part of this puja is a banana and holy basil  leaf. Only after this puja, women take solid food. This third day of Teej is Ganesh Chaturthati. Women eat Karkalo ko Tarkari with chokho  food made with pure ghee. After the completion of the previous day's pooja, women pay homage to various deities and bathe with red mud found on the roots of the sacred Datiwan bush, along with its leaves. This act of purification is the final ritual of Teej, after which women are considered forgiven from all their sins. The recent years have witnessed an adjustment in the rituals, especially regarding the strictness, but its spirit remains the same.Eating delicious food, popularly called dar, on the eve of Teej, and singing and dancing on the main day are the main features of this festival. On this particular day, the streets of Kathmandu turn into a sea of red with women dressed in red Sarees and Dhoties making their way to Shiva shrines, especially to the Pashupatinath Temple.It is a rare opportunity for many married women in Nepali village to go to their mother’s home due to busy schedules in village farm works. The parents invite their daughters or send someone to bring their daughters to their home a day or two before the festival. There they contribute of the ritual food called dar before going on a fast on Teej. Interestingly, no daughter goes to her mother’s place during this festival unless they get an invitation from her parents or brothers. In case they do not get an invitation from their parents, they feel extremely sad - they say it is the saddest 
moment in their life.



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