Bhubaneswar: The three-day Raja festival, a celebration of womanhood when women spend time on swings wearing new clothes and savouring delicious Pithas, will be concluded today.
The festival has deeper connotations that reflect the strong correlation of mankind with mother nature and helps build a value system. Since time immemorial, Raja celebrates menstruation and thus, dedicates the three-day fest to women and womanhood.
It is believed that woman and mother earth go through menstrual periods during these three days. Young unmarried girls are not allowed to cut or cook or do anything that might make them tired or cause pain. Swings are hung in every house and girls take rest, gorging on traditional pithas and paan.
The fourth day of Raja festival, meant for Bhumi puja, is considered important for the farming community as farmers start ploughing their fields and begin the process of cultivation with the belief that they will reap a good produce.
from Odisha – OTV http://bit.ly/2XP37xz
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