The Tihar festival is also the occasion for all the Deusire and Bhailire enthusiasts
to go around their neighbourhood to collect money and sweets. Deusi
and Bhailo are played for two consecutive nights of Laxmi Puja and Govardhan
Puja. As dusk falls, people specially the youngsters are seen in the streets
and alleys walking with musical instruments - like guitar, drum set, keyboard
and many more for the Deusi and Bhailo carol. With increasing modernisation,
the traditional form of singing Deusi and Bhailo has also been modernised.
People in the past took Deusi and Bhailo as the custom to rejoice and give
blessings.However, in the recent years the Deusi and the Bhailo carols
seem to have turned into a mobile concert. The speciality of today's youngsters
is that they start the carol with few traditional Deusi and Bhailo lines
and go ahead with English, Nepali and even Hindi pop songs along with the
music of sophisticated musical instruments. Singing only traditional songs
will make our Deusi and Bhaili uninteresting and people will give only
a little amount of money. Even house owners are habituated to hear modern
songs. Youngsters not only sing for fun but at the same time they also
expect to collect as much money as possible visiting as much houses as
possible.
The
youths of today even send invitation cards to the houses where they wish
to visit.They select the houses that look affluent from the outside with
the expectation to get plenty of money as rewards.The Deusi and the Bhaili
are played on the nights of Laxmi and Govardhan Puja, the third and fourth
nights of the five-day festival respectively.
The Deusire and the Bhailire singing began in ancient times after Great King
Bali donated his own head to Lord Vishnu. The story in the Puran goes like
this - Baman Dev, who is believed to be the fifth incarnation of Lord Vishnu,
came to the palace of King Bali (Baliraja) when he was performing Puja.
King Bali was very popular for giving alms to any one who came to his palace.
Baman Dev asked for only three steps with Baliraja. Baliraja,without knowing
who the Baman was, agreed to fulfil his demand. To Baliraja's great surprise,
Baman Dev with his two steps covered the Earth and the Universe and asked
the great king where he would place his third step. Bali was confused and
did not know what to say. At this moment Baliraja's wife used her presence
of mind and suggested him to offer his own head (Deusire) to place Baman's
last step.
For Baliraja greatest alms charity, he gained Lord Vishnu's
favour and also attained salvation. It is believed from that day Baliraja's
citizens celebrated the day as Deusire.There is also a belief in the month
of Kartik (the month when Baliraja donated his head) if one donates something,
it will do good to the alms-giver. This was how the tradition of Deusi
and Bhailo originated.
Walk from Govindpuri has lots of benefits you can enjoy the details everything provides on the road,speicilly during evenings of festivals it remains occupied with lot of stories ,Deusi Bhailo is one of them,I feel people gathering at home ,singing lyrics of Deusi Bhailo and blessing each other around the houses in Govindpuri and facebook upload of pictures and videos make a great sense.The sense of community in dance ,lyrics and cultural dress with cultural presentation create lots of enjoyment in festivals like Tihar and I love my friends for participation to make festive mood better .
Walk from Govindpuri has lots of benefits you can enjoy the details everything provides on the road,speicilly during evenings of festivals it remains occupied with lot of stories ,Deusi Bhailo is one of them,I feel people gathering at home ,singing lyrics of Deusi Bhailo and blessing each other around the houses in Govindpuri and facebook upload of pictures and videos make a great sense.The sense of community in dance ,lyrics and cultural dress with cultural presentation create lots of enjoyment in festivals like Tihar and I love my friends for participation to make festive mood better .
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