Dashai came and Kites in Sky represent Dashai fully.Whole day I watched my neighbors playing with kites and I enjoyed the competion among them.The skies are filled with kites being flown from fields and rooftops
before and during this festival. Kite flying is believed to send a
reminder to god not to send any more rain. Youngsters make kites from
lokta paper and are excited not only flying the kites but also trying to
cut each others' kite strings.
In most towns and villages swings, commonly known as ping, are set up especially for Dashain on the tallest bamboo poles possible. Young people, especially girls and women, gather to watch and take turns flying into the sky.Even my uncles have prepared ping and whole day we enjoy on the day of Dashai.
One of the most important aspects of Dashain is the huge business that comes along with the festival. There is a massive flow of sales and purchases of animals, grains and vegetables, alcohol, fruits and mithai (sweets) around this time of the year. New clothes are bought and old ones discarded. Old houses are cleaned, renovated and painted, whereas the new ones are decorated and beautified. Every sector of the economy experiences a boost.
In most towns and villages swings, commonly known as ping, are set up especially for Dashain on the tallest bamboo poles possible. Young people, especially girls and women, gather to watch and take turns flying into the sky.Even my uncles have prepared ping and whole day we enjoy on the day of Dashai.
One of the most important aspects of Dashain is the huge business that comes along with the festival. There is a massive flow of sales and purchases of animals, grains and vegetables, alcohol, fruits and mithai (sweets) around this time of the year. New clothes are bought and old ones discarded. Old houses are cleaned, renovated and painted, whereas the new ones are decorated and beautified. Every sector of the economy experiences a boost.
A lot of people travel within the country,
returning to their homes. This is the only time in a year when people
like to and can afford to be extravagant and live a more lavish life. It
is the time when the entire country looks more beautiful and lively
also because of the weather conditions- it stops pouring, the
temperature remains relatively lower than the preceding months, but it
is still not too cold. The sun shines, trees look greener and beautiful
flowers are in full bloom. We can feel the freshness and the festive
ambience of Dashain ubiquitously.
The broadcasting channels from Gujarat and Rasjasthan have been live about the Goddess and significant of Navaratree in our daily lives.I can see my mother and granny busy with the big TV box which has been telecasting the live pray to Maata Durga Bhawani.Both are busy in decorating homes and cooking delecious prasad everyday as mentioned by Gurudev on TV channels and the religious interest in festival has made me curious about those aspect.My granny narrates value of Kul puja during days by male members of our family and as they offer goat in the temple and cook food items and enjoy as feast.
Of course day after tomorrow is Vijayadashami.It is Saturday and all the relatives are busy in communication of the ritual and how they plan for this dasai with muhurta and other essential preparations for festival.IMO,FACEBOOK and VIBER are busy with free wifi at home,bus and office including malls and restaurant as the cyberspace has interlinked all in worldwideweb and the communication has caused the unity ,comprehension and a sense of belongingness,homeness and similar identification to all at the same time and has been increasing visual and audio scenerio during festivals.The talk about jamara and tika has increased a lot with superb snaps in facebook ,videos in youtube and uploading and suscribing them has been regular duty to all.So,this dashai has been more inclusive of Kite,Ping and other lovely things we demand on daily life and the overall linkage has made this Dashai more interesting.
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