Bandana porob day 4

 Day -4(Budhi Bandana)

Bandana Festival Of Kudumis of odisha and Westbengal ❤️ 🙏 ✨️
Dr. Basanta Kumar Mohanta
    Sudhansu Shekher Mahato

The day after Barad Bhikda is observed as Budhi Bandna. This is of less importance as no formal rituals is performed. But the Bagals mainly erect a single Khunta at Gochar outside the village. Here only the Bagals participate and they force the cattle to play with their song and teasing nature. Moreover, the barren cow, which does not conceive, is made to play by the Bagals by tying to a special Khunta of Aandri tree.

Conclusion:

    Man-animal relationship is a very old phenomenon, which dates back to Neolithic period when men began to tame animals. The exploitation of the cattle in their agricultural activities probably had begun during this phase of pre-historic period (Sankalia 1974: 279; Agrawal 1982: 90: 122). The aboriginal people who are considered as the son of the soil, is no exception to it. Like other agriculturist community, the tribal also depended on the cities to a very large extent. The relationship from the remote past have remained intact as one could easily notice in men's habit and regards for their (cattle) products and co-operation. Bandna Paraba thanks giving ceremony is a befitting example in this connection. The Kudmis observes Bandna Parab whole-heartedly while the other tribal groups of Chota Nagpur Plateau who celebrates the same festival in the name of Sohrai includes Santal (Mital 1986: 90); Munda (Roy 1912: 305-306) and Bedia (Shukla 1997: 76 – 77). In spite of their exclusion from the list of Scheduled Tribes, the 'Kudmis’ still maintain their traditional way of life and rituals. Both the mythology and reality of Bandna Parab in practice is a supporting evidence to it.

Reference

 

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