Koch Rajbanshi festival Garwashi pabni/ dipawali
Depawali /Tihar Festival is Known as Garuwasi Pabni in koch Rajbanshi language.Garwashi pabni is celebrated among the people of koch Rajbanshi Community on the day of Kartik Chaturdashi by worshiping Goddess Laxmi and God Kuber. This festival is celebrated by collecting the Long grass (iluwa),Jute stick and making tripod (Tekthi) out of that and a torch (Hukka Hukki) . Those tipods/ thekti made up of jute sticksand iluwa are used to hold lighted clay lamps (Dhifa ) during evening time before beginning the Laxmi puja. The koch Rajbanshi peoples visit their farmland during evening time with the lighted candle or clay laml and place that in their feild. Rajbanshi peoples believe that Gram Devata (the resemblances of horse is of God) who visits the villages of Rajbanshi people and protects them from every type of evil powers and unforeseen diseases and happenings. In that temple the following Gods are prayed : Gram Devata, Hulman, Lakhi Mata, Kali Mata, Syhal Thakur, Madan Thakur, Tangwa tangwani,Shiva Bhagwan. Some Rajbanshi peoples offers Ganja (Narcotics ), Wine etc. for the lord Shiva in their farmland. They also offers Duck eggs in the farmland, cow shed and also offers colcasia (kachu) plant in the farmland. During that eve they also through mustard dust (Khaila) and Dried leaves of Citrus fruit(Makash) after crushing it into powder. They lighten the way with Jute sticks and they believe that the insects and pests will be attracted towards the light and will minimize the harm to the crops. They also chants a prayer slogan ----- Huka le re huki le.... Dado dadi ulile, Kaachu sager helhela maha lakhi ra khel khela...khata lama sora..... it means that They remembers their grand parents and foreparents by worshiping them with the flame of that jute stick lighg.... and they calls laxmi the lord of wealth to protect their yeild and also prey for their good health and prosperity. After they returns back from their farmland they worship the cowboys and other servants who look after their farmland and then they worship the cow inside the cowshed. They also offers a new set of uniforms Dhuti and Gamcha for them and feeds them with delicious sweets as they believes that those servants are guards to cultivate their land. Then after those servants leads the children to the barren field to play Huka Huki ( a flamed torch of Jute stick) and the children shouts the same slogan again and again. The houses amd compounds are decorated with colour ful lamps, Dhifa, and other luminous lights. The firecrackers and other guns are also fired on this occasion.The next day of Garuwasi Pabni is called Gariya puja (ox puja) in Rajbanshi Language. On the very day they worship Ox and decorate them with colours and edible oil in their horns and garlands of flower in their neck and clothes nacklace (Galarhar), Sinhara , Ghanti. of roots which have high medicinal value for keeping them healthy and strong through out the year.On this day special food Gajji Muri -(Gram and pop rice) is prepared in every house hold along with delicious sweets like mal pua, garjarer halwa nariyol laru, pitha, sel ruti, , daler bari, kachusager helhela etc, according to available materials and economic condition.Traditional Dances like Hudurdhura, Temki, Dholsahana, natuwa,and so on are performed by the artists/actors in villages reaching every households. Women and girls wear traditional ornaments biccha, paiju, sipti taar, goth malla , karu matha, chandra haar, and other golden ornaments.
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