Volume II,Issue IV, March 2026
Volume-II, Issue-IV, March, 2026 |
Received: 23.03.2026 | Accepted: 26.03.2026 | ||
Published Online: 31.03.2026 | Page No: | ||
DOI: 10.69655/atmadeep.vol.2.issue.04W. | |||
টুসু: কৃষি উৎসব ও ধনলক্ষীর লোকায়ত স্বরূপ
রঞ্জিত কুমার মাহাত, গবেষক, বাংলা
বিভাগ, ওয়াই. বি. এন. বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, রাঁচি, ঝাড়খন্ড, ভারত |
Ranjit Kumar Mahato, Research Scholar, Department of Bengali, YBN University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
Tusu Utsav or Makar Manbhum is the most popular folk
festival of the Jharkhand region. Although the word Tusu is a regional form,
Makar or Makar Sankranti is known as a pan-Indian festival today. Not only
that, people outside the agricultural culture also take holy baths and
celebrate festivals in various ways on Makar Sankranti. However, the scale and
importance of this festival is not seen anywhere else in Manbhum, or the
greater Jharkhand region. While in other regions the festival lasts for one
day, in this region it begins on Agrahayana Sankranti and ends on Paush
Sankranti. The work of harvesting and bringing rice into the house of the
peasant community basically ends on the day of Agrahayana Sankranti. On that
very day, Dini Thakuran or Dhanalakshmi is brought into the house. A paddy
field is given to her. A sturdy stalk of the rice plant is collected and placed
in an earthen vessel. With great purity, the girls place the goddess Tusu or
Dhanalakshmi in a clean niche. This rice sheaf is called Tusu or Dhanalakshmi
and the day of Agrahayana Sankranti is called Chota Makar. The Tusu or Makar
festival began from that day. From that day on, every night, the girls gather
near the goddess Tusu or Dhan Devi and worship her with Geet Anjali. This goes
on for a month. Then, on the day of Paush Sankranti, the rice husk is replaced
with a broad cloth and immersed in a pond, water body or river while singing
songs. | ||
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