They come hear to do yearly purchase of items such as cooking oil and salt. Bandhavgarh festivals include Madai and are observed with great religious importance. Devotees accumulate in the shade of a sacred tree and offer goat to mother goddess. Lots of singing, dancing, drums and bells beating are done and the goat is slaughtered later on. The entire night is spent by dancing, merry making and eating.
The Bandhavgarh festival, India comprises of the Bhagoriya festival. The Bhils in the Bhagoriya are identical to the Madai to the Gonds. This festival is celebrated with fun and joy. This is conducted one week before the Hindu festival Holi, the color festival. Men and women celebrate this festival with ritual dancing tuning the drum beats and the sweet melody of bansuri and shehnai is a part of this festivity.
Bhagoradev is the god of dance and is worshipped on this occasion. The village elders preside over the ceremony and offer sweets to the god. Bandhavgarh festival is considered to be special for Bhils as it meant love, romance and also marriage. Young men apply gulal and the girl reciprocates if she too has soft feelings for him.
Bandhavgarh festival, India has many religious festivals and karma is one such festival with huge celebrations. The day of worship is observed with devotees fasting from morning. They go on a 24 hours fasting and spent the night dancing and singing.
A fair of Nagaji is a part of the Bandhavgarh festival. This fair is a way of paying tribute to Saint Nagaji who lived during the period of Emperor Akbar. Tribals flock in winter to Porsa village and enjoy for a month. Earlier in this fair monkeys were sold and now domestic animals lead the charts. |
