Karam parab

 

#Karam_parab
✍️ Srikanta Mahato
Natives, tribals of Chotanagpur area and West Bengal Purulia, Bankura, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur, Singhbhum, entire Jharkhand state, some areas of Odisha.The fact that the natives of this land have been worshipers of nature since time immemorial is reflected in their works. This festival was created by #Kudmi people karam parab more Bhumij, Birhad, Kherwal, Ho, Kheria, Shaw, Bar, Kora, Lohar, Onrao, Munda, Pahan, Maha, Li Singhsardar Singhsardar, Mura, Pahariya, Hari,Bagti, Ghasi, Santal, including primitive 38 tribes have retained their ethnicity, culture in worshiping nature!Already a great (festival) parab is #karam_parab. It is the festival of creation, the festival of creationKaram Parab is celebrated on Shukla Ekadashi of Bhadra month every year. Basically village unmarried (teenager) girls are worshipers of karam parab.Seven/five/three days before Shukla Ekadashi, virgin girls take off their shawls in the early morning and take a bath in the river or pond and fill a bamboo hat with sand.In one place of the village, the twigs are kept and three paks are sung, followed by mustard, rahe, birhi, pea, mung bean, boot, ramha,
Janar, kutthi seeds are smeared with turmeric oil. Unmarried virgin girls rub the seeds on a wet cloth.Unmarried virgin girls weave the seeds on the twigs in wet cloth and dance three rounds, (yellow water is sprinkled on the seedlings every day) then where the Akhara (Dal Gara Than)The dalis are kept there and danced for three paks and the Jawa song is sung, then everyone comes home with their own Jawa dalis. In this way every day till the day before Shukla Ekadashi, Nach is sung in the Akhara in the evening.Then, on the first day of the day, take a bath with a toothpick, turmeric oil, shrimp leaves or crab leaves, dip in the water of the pond or river and turn the three shrimp leaves upside down in the bath.With a toothpick smeared with yellow oil, the water is drawn and dipped, some bring water in the ghat, some come home like this, come and eat chira, muri, curd, jaggery, etc., in the evening, Jawagit is sung in the akhara,At the end of the song, a vegetarian meal is served at home with rahe dal and mung dal. Finally, the much-desired auspicious Shukla Ekadashi comes. One/or two Karam Dals are planted at certain places in the village. It is worshiped in the name of Karam Thakur.On the day of Shukla Ekadashi, some of these karam bratis get up early in the morning, eat food, then start fasting, then dance and sing together in the tandy (field) in the afternoon, haritaki, vela,
Amla and other flowers come home with fruits.Then all take a bath together with toothpicks, turmeric oil, shrimp leaves or crab leaves. After taking a dip, he came home following the same rules as the previous day, after coming home, he left his wet clothes and put on a new saree and some clothes;ghee, jaggery, honey, ginger,
Atapchal, Guri, Kajal, Kankaid, and fruits brought from the forest, along with offerings, go to the arena with new branches. Where the karam dal is thick. All the girls put gundi, vermilion, kajal on that karam dal or root.Sohagi wishes to get a husband, to have children, and wishes for the well-being of the family. Laya is the priest! She is the one who established Prana on this branch, this worshiper is also called the mother-in-law of virgin virgin girls.Devotees eat food after the puja.
(Except for rice, muri, chira). After that, dance-songs went on throughout the night to the beat of Madoil and Dhamsa.

The next day, that is, the day of Panna, take a bath and bring one paddy plant eachIn the house cleaned with dung, powder, vermilion stains and drops of kajal are applied to the walls with Alpana and also applied to the paddy plant, then panta bhaat, curd, (food of the day) etc. are placed on the alti leaves..Kankaid is called the beta of virgin girls, the next morning the girls divide all the sprouted seeds among themselves and spread them in different parts of the house.Later all the puja offerings along with the karam dal are immersed in the water.