Ubhauli Festival : Celebrated By The Kirant-Rai Community Every Year
Ubauli Festival
Ubhauli Festival :
The Ubhauli festival celebrated by the Kirant-Rai community every year is celebrated on Thursday by worshiping at Bhumesthan. Research is being done on the subject of nature worship in order to make the land in the village work better before planting crops.The name Ubhauli Festival is also due to the fact that the people of this community rise from the valley to the lake due to the rising heat.
The Kirant community believes that wild animals including birds will rise from the full moon of Baisakh Shukla. It is said that the fish in the river also move to the lake from the river Besi to escape the heat.On the day of Margashirsha Shukla Purnima, the people who have fallen a lot to avoid winter by bringing in crops have been getting up since Thursday. Ubhauli Festival
Umbo also means good agriculture, abundance and prosperity. Chandi dance is also danced on the occasion of this festival. For this reason, the day of Baisakh Shukla Purnima is also called Chandi Purnima.Sakela dance is also danced between different communities of Kirant community.
Due to the ongoing lockdown to avoid infection with the corona virus for a month and a half this year, only certain people have been prepared to complete the ritual of worship. Kirant Rai Yayokha is preparing to complete the ritual of worship by gathering some people at Sakelasthan in Hattiwan of Lalitpur in the capital.
This kind of cultural festival, which is celebrated in harmony with the natural seasons, motivates us towards sustainable development while conserving nature and environment and helps in strengthening mutual harmony and unity among different castes and communities on the basis of equality and coexistence.
This festival is celebrated every year from the full moon day of Baisakh for 15 days. Similarly, Udhauli is celebrated on the full moon of Mansir.It is customary to celebrate Sakela with drums and zyamta in Umbholi. The Kirat community gathers in one place to share their joys and sorrows, get to know each other, and dance to the tunes of their respective castes in costumes that reflect their culture. Ubhauli Festival
Nature is made happy by wishing for good crops, no calamities, and happiness and good health for all, especially in agriculture. Udhauli is celebrated with the wish that there will be no shortage of food next year.The festival celebrated on the full moon day of Baisakh is called Umbholi with the belief that migration of animals, birds, etc. to the lake will increase as the heat increases in the Terai. Ubhauli Festival
Kirat Rai celebrates Ubhauli FestivalSakela (Sakenwa), Limbu community celebrates Yakwa Tangnam, Yakha celebrates Chasuwa, Sunuwar celebrates Sandar Pidar. The Rais perform various styles of Sakela, Sakenwa, with zyamta, drums, chamar, and seuli (circling) in their hands. Similarly, the Limbu people play chabrong and dance in Kelang, Manglang, Kusrokpa and other dances. Ubhauli Festival
The goldsmiths dance to the beat of drums, while the yakhas hold hands and dance to the tune of chavakalak and chabrung.The eastern hill districts of Bhojpur, Dharan, Itahari, Gaighat, Khotang, Okhaldhunga, Solukhumbu as well as communities in different countries have been celebrating with great pomp and circumstance. Ubhauli Festival
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