Anubhav Sigdel
Grade 2 A
Genius IB World School
Myth Behind Dasahin
Dashain festival is celebrated for 15 days .Dashain is the
festival which is celebrated by the Hindus to mark the victory good over the
evil.
This year, Dashain festival starts from
17 October to 26 October 2020.1 Kartik to 14 Kartik.
Dasahin symbolize the victory of god over evil.Hindu mythology
the demon mahisasura had created terror
in the devaloka (the world where god lives).But durga killed the
rakshas.(Demon)
We called Dashain as Bijaya Dashami Vijaya means victory and Dashami means tenth.
So, the tenth day of Dashain is the most important. After that, last five days
of the festival is the celebration of the victory.
Why We Celebrated DAshain ?
*Durga Mata killed the Demon.
*Gods Win victory over evil.
*We get blessings from elders .
*We celebrate quality Time with family.
*We celebrate 15 days dashain and we fly kite as
well.
*We put tika jamara and blessing and they give us Dakshina.
*We Worship goddess \durga for nine days.
Why we fly kites?
When we fly the kites in the sky ,we are
letting our ancestors in the heaven know we are doing fine.
Kites flying informs the god of rain ,Indra to
stop the rain as the harvesting season is satarting
Dashain Festival celebrate for fifteen days, among which the most important dates are the following
firstday Ghatasthapana
Seventh day
Fullpati ,
Eighth day Mahaastami ,
Ninth
day Nawami and
Tenth day Bijaya dasahami Tika.
Day 1 Ghatasthapana,
Ghatsthapana
is first day of Dasain Festival. On this day, the kalasha is filled with
holy water, then mixed with barley seeds and cow dung, finally delivered to the
priest to pray for the blessings of the Goddess Durgar. After some days later
fivve or six inches long yellow grass would thrive in the kalash….
Day 7 Fulpati
fulpati is observed on the seventh day of Dashain festival. In Nepali,"Ful" means flower and
"Pati" means leaves and plants. There is a tradition in Nepal to
bring nine types of Fulpati into
homes on the seventh day of Navaratri. Saptami is the seventh
day of Vijaya Dasami festival. This year Satami is on Kartik 7 2077 That is
October 23 2020 in English calendar.
Day 8: Maha Asthami
Maha
Ashtami’ is considered special as Goddess Durga is said to have attained power
on this day. Hindu devotees offer special worships to the goddesses Mahakali,
Mahalaxmi and Mahasaraswati. People also worship weapons, vehicles and
machinery parts . Eighth day is a bloody day in Dashain Festival
people cuts Goat buffalo chicken etc and Eat Prasad.
Day 9: Maha Nawami
The Navami, which is called as Maha Navami relating it to the great festival, is the ninth day of Dashain Festival This is the last day of Navratri, which means the worship of the Goddesses are held high, and end this day since next day is the Bijaya Dashami.
Day 10:
Vijaya Dashami,
On this day, women devotees prepare the Tika (mix of yoghurt,
rice and vermilion) that is further applied to the foreheads of younger family
members with the Jamara as they seek elderly blessings. This big red Tika
symbolises the blood that unites a family.
Day15
Kojagrat Purnima
Nepali Hindus are
observing the Kojagrat Poornima (full moon day) today as part of the final day
of the 15-day Bada Dashain festival by worshipping and paying homage to
Mahalaxmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity. The Bada Dashain festival
formally ends this day .
Some Clips Of DAshain Celebrations At Bardiya
Dashain Traditions
Flying Kites
Playing
Card games
Cleaned Home
Purchase new
clothing
Playing Temporary swings
Animal
sacrifices
Eating Delesious Food
THANk YOU