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In the far west, Gaura festival is being celebrated with joy on Wednesday. Today is the eighth day of the Gaura festival. This day is celebrated by worshiping Gaura.
The Gaura festival, which reflects the original culture of the far west, is celebrated in Darchula, Baitadi, Doti Bajhang, Achham, Kailali, Kanchanpur and Kumaon, Garhwal in Uttarakhand, India according to their own religious and cultural beliefs.
On the first day of Gauraparva, the great festival of the far west, which starts from Bhadau Shukla Panchami, women formally start Gauraparva by soaking five types of grains in copper pots at home.
On the day of Bhadau Shukla Panchami, women fast and mix corn, gahat, wheat, black lentils and gurus in a copper pot and then the Gaura festival begins.
It is customary to wash the soaked biruda on the day of Bhadau Shukla Panchami by taking it to a nearby stream, lake or pond the next day. Similarly, on the seventh day, it is customary for married women to enter the nearby monastery and worship Gaura Devi and offer duvadhago (a kind of mantra thread).
It is customary to worship Parvati and Shiva in Gaura Khala (courtyard), the place where Gaura festival is celebrated by fasting on the day of Ashtami.
Gaura, who was brought to Gauraghar on the day of Amuktabharan Saptami yesterday, is worshiped by fasten women in Gaurakhala (courtyard) today. Today, according to worldly beliefs, 'Sanjya' is brought as Gauraki Sauta.
Today has a special significance in the area where Gauraparva is celebrated. Just as Rishitarpani or Janaipurnima is important for men with strings, it is of special importance for women with strings today.
Made from sacred thread, 'Dubodhago' is formally invoked by women wearing strings to this day. According to the old belief, women who did not take dubodhago were not allowed to cook rice and worship Gaura.
Deuda, which is the main attraction of the Gaura festival, has a tradition of singing mythology, songs of gods and goddesses, and playing deuda in Vaka in Chaitali, Dhumri and Dhusko.
Deuda is also used to sharply satirize the distortions in the society and the political situation in the country. In the same way, happiness and sorrow are shared through Deuda songs and social harmony is also maintained.
Although the Gaura festival begins on Bhadau Shukla Panchami, the immersion of Gaura is done according to its own custom.
