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A Significant Change in Bhai Dooj Traditions


It is regularly said that change's the main consistent and everything changes with the beginning of time. Same is the situation with culture and customs of a general public or a network. The traditions and conventions of a general public is passed on through the ages starting with one age then onto the next. In spite of the fact that individuals make a decent attempt to clutch their old ways or look after them, a few changes are unavoidable. It is additionally the equivalent with conventional celebrations and festivities. Celebration traditions are one of the significant territories where the well established conventions are kept up and individuals attempt to tail them as carefully as they can yet it is difficult to keep up a penny percent exactness. The celebrations of Bhai Dooj ( ভাইফোঁটার শুভেচ্ছা ) too have experienced some noteworthy changes in its hundreds of years old voyage through time.

Among the numerous celebrations of India, Bhai Dooj has an extraordinary spot in the hearts of each sister and sibling in the country. The celebration is a festival of the affection and unceasing bond between the kin. Sisters and siblings share a novel connection exceptional with some other else. They are the best of companions and know each other superior to anybody. Sisters are sibling are defensive of one another and this relationship doesn't reduce with age or after relationships. The celebration of Bhai Dooj respects this uncommon connection between the kin. It is praised on the second day of the new moon in the Hindu schedule month of Kartik. The event additionally happens to be the fifth day of Diwali, the greatest celebration of India and the start of the New Year. Bhai Dooj is viewed as a piece of Diwali conventions and it prominently commended everywhere throughout the Indian subcontinent. The celebration is praised under various names in various pieces of the district. It is prevalently known as Bhaiya Duj in Northern India and in Bengal it is known as Bhai Phota. In Maharashtra it is commended as Bhau Beej while the individuals of Nepal praise the celebration as Bhai-Tikka.


The conventions of Bhai Dooj highlights different strict rituals and services that individuals have pursued for a considerable length of time and they are still as prominent and pursued today. On the morning of the celebration, sisters perform poojas appealing to the divine beings and look for their gifts for the prosperity and thriving of the siblings. The custom is demonstrative of the affection and dedication that sisters have for their siblings. After the service, the sisters at that point apply the tikka or Tilak on the siblings' temples which should shield them from all damage. It is additionally a significant piece of customs for the sisters likewise present their siblings with Bhai tikka endowments. Customarily it was just the sisters who displayed the endowments however these days the siblings too present Bhai Dooj presents for sisters on the event. The gifting part is considered fundamental that individuals who remain abroad additionally send Bhai Dooj endowments to India for their kin back home. What's more, in this advanced time of PCs and web shopping it is moderately a serious straightforward issue to send Bhai Dooj tikka in India or anyplace. Yet, even with these changes, the embodiment of the celebration continues as before.

 
 
 

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