An Adivasi with wooden deity 'Bheemalpen' |
Festival season for Adivasis has begun with ‘Bheemalpen’ festival which is popular as Bheemanna
pujalu and they take ‘Devul’ (wooden deities) for bathing at sacred place
‘Demmala rajul’ near Dhammannapet in Utnoor mandal.
Adivasis celebrate
Bheemalpen festival in the month of ‘Margashira’ every year. Adivasis are busy
in celebrating their traditional festivals these days in the district.
Adivasis of Asifabad
take their Devul to ‘Khariyar’ and Kerameri to ‘Patteda’, Tiryani to
Danthanpalli ganga, Narnoor to Gundala ganga, Indravelli to ‘Pulikakchar’ and
Adivasis of Neredigonda bathe their wooden deities in the Kuntala waterfalls. Most
of the Adivasi jataras will follow their festivals in the Adilabad district.
The popular Adivasis
jataras are Jagadamba jatara in Lingapur in Sirpur( U), Kamdev in Narnoor, Keslapur in Indravelli,
Budumdev in Shyampur in Utnoor, Mahadev in Sirpur (U), Balaji in Kerameri, Bhadi
jatara in Bela mandals in district.
Adivasis do their cooking
with the new crops or beans like ‘chikkudu’, ‘Anapa’, pulses like redgram, rice
only after performing special puja called Satti to the Bheemalpen.
Adivasis festivals continue
with Jangubai to be held from January11- February8 in the dense forests near
Parandholi in Keremeri mandal on the borders of Maharashtra.
Mesram Mothirao of
Gangapur village in Utnoor mandal who led a group of Adivasis to the
Demmalrajul, said they have started their journey by walk and they returned to
their village three days later after performing pujas to Bheemalpen. Bheemalpen
festival is the first one in their festival season and they perform puja with devotion’,
he said.
The wooden deities
called ‘Devul’ (gods) are bathed (Gangasnan) and taken to their village and to
be installed in the sacred place as usual. The Kolam and Gond Adivasis will
perform special puja to the Bhemalpen in this season.
These rituals reflect
the Adivasis’ sacred bond with the nature and crops they cultivate and
sacredness attached to the food grains they consume.
Gondi Dharma Pracharak Sedmaki
Seetharam said ‘Bheemaldev festival has much importance in the festival
calendar of the Adivasis and they cannot avoid the Bheemalpen festival’.
He said Adivasis will
be busy in their festivals Jangubai and Jallidevara (Persapen) which are
important for the Adivasis and the popular Adivasi jataras will follow their
festivals.
No comments:
Post a Comment