Sunday, August 22, 2010

Rakshya Bandhan and Gahma Purnama

Gahma Purnama is a festival day of Odia people. They worship God Balaram . They also worship cow and bulls. Cow and bulls are looking very nice on this day .It is also known as Rakshya Bandhan which is a festival day of sister and brother. They all celebrate it happily . On this day ( basically after noon ) people are enjoying with Games like Gahma dian and Handi Badia

Gahma dian- It is a very funny game .You have to collect gifts by Jumping .

Handi Badia- One man is collecting gifts blindly ( His eyes were covered by handkerchief )

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Chitau Amabasya

It is also a memorable festival at Odisha. Farmers family make a special type of cake known as chitau pitha ( made from rice ) also tell as chakuli . Very tasteful . After that they take it to their land and worship the god .