Karam festival
karam colloquially karma harvest festival celebrated indian state jharkhand west bengal bihar uttar pradesh madhya pradesh chhattisgarh assam odisha bangladesh dedicated worship karamdevta karamlordgod god power youth youthfulness celebrated good harvest health festival held th day full moon purnima hindu month bhado fall august september unmarried girl fast grow seedling – day next day group young villager go jungle collect wood fruit flower required puja worship karam god period people sing dance together group entire valley dance drumbeat day phase karam festival celebrated diverse group people including munda ho oraon bagal baiga binjhwari bhumij kharia kudmi karmali lohra korwa many festival celebrated good harvest nine type seed planted basket rice wheat corn etc called jawa girl take care seed – day festival girl fast throughout day ritual people go jungle accompanied group drummer cut one branch karam tree worshiping branch usually carried unmarried young girl sing praise deity branch brought village planted center ground plastered cowdung decorated flower village priest pahan dehuri according region offer germinated grain liquor propitiation deity grant wealth child fowl also killed blood offered branch village priest recites legend villager efficacy karam puja puja next morning karam branch immersed river festival observed two way firstly commonly held villager village street expense liquor etc commonly borne alternatively celebrated man courtyard patronage invite even people come uninvited listening sound drum also entertained liquor karam festival celebrated usually bhado ekadashi eleventh day bright full moon purnima month bhado august–september part jharkhand also celebrated november karam tree scientifically named nauclea parvifolia center proceeding festival preparation karam festival begin around ten twelve day festival nine type seed planted basket rice wheat corn etc called jawa girl take care seed – day morning karam festival begin woman pounding rice dheki wooden implement obtain rice flour rice flour used make local delicacy sweet well salty delicacy cooked morning karam festival consumption shared throughout neighborhood people begin ritual dance yellow bloom tucked behind ear branch karam tree carried karam dancer passed among singing dancing branch washed milk rice beer tapan branch raised middle dancing arena reciting legend story behind worshiping karam naturegodgoddess men woman drink liquor spend entire night singing dancing essential part festival known karam naach woman dance beat drum folk song siring puja followed community feast drinking hariya next day karam tree sprinkled curd sea immersed river bed karam harvest festival festival also close link nature people worship tree festival source livelihood pray mother nature keep farmland green ensure rich harvest believed worship good germination increase fertility grain crop karam devta god power youth youthfulness worshiped festival devotee keep daylong fast worship branch karam sal girl celebrate festival welfare friendship sisterhood exchanging jawa flower multiple version story behind origin karam puja anthropologist hari mohan writes ritual karam story narrated boy girl story behind festival according mohan upon time seven brother labored hard agriculture work time even lunch therefore wife carried lunch field daily happened wife bring lunch hungry evening returned home found wife dancing singing near branch karam tree court yard made angry one brother lost temper snatched karam branch threw river karam deity insulted result economic condition family continued deteriorate brought point starvation one day brahman priest came seven brother told whole story seven brother left village search karam rani kept moving place place one day found karam tree subsequently worshiped economic condition began improve among bhumijs oraons legend seven brother living together six oldest used work field youngest stayed home indulging dance song round karam tree courtyard six sistersinlaw one day engrossed dance song brother morning meal carried field wife brother arrived home became agitated threw karam tree river youngest brother left home anger evil day fell remaining brother house damaged crop failed virtually starved wandering youngest brother found karam tree floating river propitiated god restored everything thereafter returned home called brother told insulted karam devta fell evil day since karam devta worshipped another legend prevalent among pauri bhuiyans merchant returned home prosperous voyage vessel loaded precious metal valuable brought distant land waited vessel ceremoniously received wife relative custom day karam festival woman engrossed dancing men playing drum one came receive merchant became furious uprooted karam tree threw away wrath karam devta fell vessel immediately sank sea merchant consulted astrologer told propitiate karam devta launched another vessel set search deity found floating sea propitiated great devotion wealth restored day annual festival karam puja held spending whole night dance song people uproot branch carry nearby river rivulet immersion ekka reetu raj february karam festival oraon tribals india pdf socioreligious analysis archived pdf original february retrieved september bhagvat durga karma festival song pdf sahapedia