Mithilanchal: Organizing bhoj held on any special occasion included in the tradition of Mithila is now gradually ending. Now it is not the fragrance of the dishes, nor the banquet about eating and feeding.
Patna [Kajal] The tradition of collective food on a particular occasion is prevalent in many parts of India, but the tradition of the Bhoj-Bhat is truly unique, while sitting on the ground at its unique and large level, eating food together and its law, which is also prevalent in Mithila. .
Here the bhoj is seen in a sense in the perspective of your growing state in society. That is, the bigger the food, the more your success! There is an indispensable tradition of organizing a banquet here, from the birth of the child to the marriage and from the farewell to the dead. In India even though there is a debate on the relevance of the death banquet, but it does not affect the majority of mathilanchal people.
Many types of vegetables are made in this mithila’s banquet. They also do not cook any cooks in this traditional way, but the people of the village themselves make them together. These meals are made abundantly. In the banquet seasonal vegetables, fruits, sweets, curd, papad, as well as many other items are made, which are not possible to eat together.
It is considered mandatory to have yogurt and dessert in every banquet here. Lunch is arranged on the ground in which the men bring lotto to drink water from the house. Then the leaf is given which is sprinkled with water and cleaned. Then everything is served one by one. Then start all the food together. The food runs in between and the other item is also served.
Finally, curd and dessert are served. Even if you’ve had the first meal, it is also expected that when all the food starts to rise then you also get up. Another special thing in the banquet is that there is no tradition of eating and eating together with men and women. After eating a banquet, it is customary to distribute Pan Suvadi among the people.
Types of bhoj
In Mithilanchal, large banquets are usually done on two occasions. At one time when there is a marriage of a girl or a boy in the house, a monkey or a sacrificial ritual, and the other when someone dies. The feast of death is called Shraddha-Bhoj. Other banquets like children’s sixth, birth day are also organized.
Janmotsav bhoj
The Janmotsav or the sixth is not as large as the banquet. In the sixth part of the child, people feast with their family members and brothers and sisters together. On this day those people who are being banquet invite them. In the evening, people come to eat a banquet. In this banquet, Kachori, Pulao, Chana Dal, one or two vegetables (seasonal), Tomato chutney, meat or fish and finally curd is turned.
bhoj
Mithilanchal is also the prevalence of banquet and rice on the child’s shaved skin. In the house of the child who has a world of immortality, there is also a tradition of the Umbrella i.e. gooseberries, which is dedicated to the deity. In the banquet, the invite is sent to the villagers. People come to eat a banquet in the evening. In this banquet, rice, lentil, potato parval or potato cabbage vegetable, bajun adaui, kadima, potato, raw banana, brinjal’s young, greens, meat and finally yogurt are distributed.
Janeu bhoj
The pleasure of feasting on the occasions of Yadnyopanchal in Mithilanchal is only another one. In the house where Janeu or Yajnopasta ritual is to be done a week or ten days from Janeu, there is a banquet or vegetable meal in which the house becomes bigger than other dishes. It is necessary to be big in the food of the industry.
A week or ten days after the busakati, there is a banquet of kumarum a day before the day of Janeu. On this day, the total goddess is given to the goddess, which is organized in the evening. Meals served with other dishes in the form of prasad in the banquet and finally the curd is served.
On the second day, on the day of Janeu, the feast of Dahi-Chuda is organized after sacrificing the sacraments. The first shredding is served, followed by curd and sugar. In addition, seasonal vegetables are also made, which is called pouring is a special type of vegetable made in Mithila, which is made by adding potatoes, brinjal, paraval or cabbage, peas and cloves.
Shraddha Bhoj
The banquet, which is held on the occasion of Shraddha, is called Ekadashi and Dvdasha Bhavya in Mithilanchal, on which the festival of Ekadashi is celebrated on the first day and on the second day there is a tradition of feasting for Dvashasha. On the first day, the feast of Bhata – Dal, Potato Parabal or Potato Cauliflower, Kadima, Pumpkin, Bagan Adaui, Greens, Halsa Chutney, Potato and Raw Banana, etc. of young and Uriad is very big. Dahi is also served at the end of this banquet. The banquet-curd sugar is served on the second day’s meal. The vegetables in which the vegetables pour in the primacy.
Where did the days go?
Everything changed in the changing phase, the tradition of mithila’s banquet also changed. Now except for a few villages, there is now no place to look at the banquet and rice. In today’s changing environment, the nature of the Bhoj-Bhat has changed so much that now the cook is cooked and called instead, instead of feeding it on the ground and in the villages it is now fed and sitting in the table.
Instead of banana leaves, food is served in plastic thermocol plate. Even on the banquet hall, there is a complete impression of modernity and urbanization. Now even in the villages, instead of traditional dishes, the dishes made with prevalent parties are being made and fed.
Now the fragrance of the traditional food will rarely get anywhere in the village’s bhoj. Now, instead of the traditional banquet, a buffer system is being started, which has now gradually started reaching villages along with the villages. Our rites, our folk culture will gradually disappear like our traditions.
