Odisha Celebrates Raja Parba Festival amidst Lockdown
Recently, Odisha celebrated the 3-day long Raja Parba festival celebrating menstruation and womanhood.
Raja Parba Festival
- The festival is natively pronounced as ‘raw-jaw’, while ‘Raja’ is derived from the world ‘Rajaswala’ which means menstruating women.
- Each day of thefestival has its own name and significance — the first day is called PahiliRajo, the second day is Mithuna Sankranti, which signifies the beginning of the solar month of Mithuna i.e., the rainy seasonwhich readies the soil for productivity; the third day is BhuDaaha or Basi Raja and the fourth day is called VasumatiSnana, the purification bath.
- According to the religious belief, during ....
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